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skeleton
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• shortening of the pelvis
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• ossification in nearly every region of the endochondral skeleton is blocked, while formation of cartilage-independent membranous bones is unaffected; as a result, all endochondral bones are hypoplastic
• in the most strongly affected mutants, the endochondral bones at the base of the skull, hyoid bone, the bones of the limbs, the sternum, and the pelvis remain entirely cartilaginous
• chondrocyte hypertrophy is completely absent
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limbs/digits/tail
short limbs
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J:119152
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