mortality/aging
• embryos die between E12.5 and birth
|
renal/urinary system
• about 33% of mutants have hypoplastic/dysplastic kidneys with a few disorganized glomeruli
|
• most kidneys show some degree of hypoplasia
|
• at E18.5 about 66.5% of mutants display kidney fusion at the midline
|
neoplasm
• 100% of mutants display embryonic tumor affecting kidney, gut, heart, and lungs, which appears to arise from multiple mesenchymal tissues
|