Table 1

X-ray analyses of the axial skeleton of 18 adult mice without an external phenotype from Tg(msd/Dll1)Ieg lines.
number of vertebrae
 vertebral fusions
 reduced vertebrae
cv
 th
 lu
 sa
 ta
 cv
 th
 lu
 sa
 ta
 cv
 th
 lu
 sa
 ta
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 5–6
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2–4
7
 12
 7
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 3–6
 4+
 +1–4
 -
 11–12
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2–3
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 12
 7
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 13+
 +1; 5–6
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 12
 7
 5
 >25
 -
 -
 1–2; 4–5
 -
 -
 -
 11–12
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 14
 5
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 3–4
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2–4
7
 12
 7
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 4–7
 -
 -
 -
 10–12
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 2–4
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 4+
 +1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 11–14
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 12
 7
 4
 >25
12+
 +1
 4+
 +1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 13
 6
 4
 >25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -

cv, cervical; lu, lumbar; ta, tail; th, thoracic; sa, sacral

Bold values differ from the wild-type phenotype presented in the bottom row. Numbers with a '+' indicate fusions of vertebral bodies to the next or previous vertebra. "Reduced vertebra" refers to a shortened R/C length of vertebrae.

Teppner et al. BMC Developmental Biology 2007 7:68   doi:10.1186/1471-213X-7-68