mortality/aging
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• mice are non-viable
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skeleton
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• in newborn mice with no sign of sternal bar development
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• sternal bar development is absent unlike in wild-type mice
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• at E13.5, reduced Alcian blue staining of cartilaginous matrices and marker expression compared to in wild-type mice indicate impaired chondrocyte differentiation
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• mice fail to exhibit mineralization of most skeletal elements, including the sternum, unlike in wild-type mice
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