mortality/aging
|
• homozygotes die shortly after birth
|
embryo
|
• at E10.5 homozygotes are smaller than wild-type littermates
|
growth/size/body
|
• at E10.5 homozygotes are smaller than wild-type littermates
|
limbs/digits/tail
oligodactyly
(
J:89228
)
|
• only 4 digits form
• unlike Shh null mutants no proximal-distal limb truncation is seen
• fusion between digits 3 and 4 is seen on the forelimbs
|
nervous system
|
• at E10.5 homozygotes display holoprosencephaly
|
|
• most v2 motor neurons are absent
|
|
• most v2 interneurons are absent
|
|
• most v3 interneurons are absent
|


Analysis Tools