| Type | MGI:General | Description | gasping newborns have, on average, one intra-alveolar septum per four alveoli whereas wild-type controls have one septum per two alveoli the number of interalveolar septa is 24/unit surface area versus 60/unit surface area in wild-type controls the number of alveoli is reduced by 27% resulting in a 52% smaller alveolar volume than in wild-type controls |