skeleton
• at E16.5 display a much thicker bone collar and no bone marrow
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• at E16.5 the marrow region is occupied by cells that appear to be preosteoblasts and no marrow cavity is formed
• at E18.5 the marrow region is populated by mature osteoblasts
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• profoundly dense bones throughout the body at 2 months of age
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• at E18.5 the marrow region is populated by mature osteoblasts
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• at E18.5 and 2 months of age
• when cre expression is suppressed by doxycycline treatment until 1 month of age mice show a profound high bone mass phenotype at 2 months of age
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• slight delay in chondrocyte maturation at E14.5
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