mortality/aging
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• homozygotes die around E10.5
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cellular
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• extensive apoptosis in the dorsal midline in the neural folds and in somites
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embryo
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• heart looping is randomized rather than being exclusively to the right
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• reduced size and retarded development was apparent by E7.5-E8.5
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• failure of floor plate development
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• delay or failure of the neural tube to close
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nervous system
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• failure of floor plate development
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• delay or failure of the neural tube to close
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• lack of any midline separation at the anterior end of the cranial neural folds
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growth/size/body
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• reduced size and retarded development was apparent by E7.5-E8.5
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