mortality/aging
• all die prior to birth (after or during E14.5-16.5)
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growth/size/body
• observed after E14.5 through 16.5
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cardiovascular system
• E14.5 embryos have severely diminished or absent coronary arteries, but coronary veins develop
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• a 24% reduction of subepicardial endothelial cell population (for vein formation) is detected at E14.5, with a 74% decrease in intramyocardial endothelial cells (for artery formation) detected
• E12.5 mutants do not develop coronary plexuses in the peritruncal/coronary sulcus area or ventricular septum
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• E12.5 mutants do not develop coronary plexuses in the ventricular septum
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• embryos develop cardiac hemorrhages at E14.5-16.5
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