mortality/aging
• no homozygotes identified postnatally
• no live homozygous embryos identified after E8.5
• 80% have resorbed by E8.5 and remainder have poorly organized tissues
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embryo
• at E6.5
• increased somewhat by E7.5 but still significantly smaller than littermates
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• underdeveloped at E7.5
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• no mesoderm development at E7.5
• remain as two layered cylinder of ectoderm and endoderm
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• no primitive streak or obvious head fold at E7.5
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• at E8.5
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• extraembryonic region fails to develop by E6.5
• ectoplacental cone normal, attached to embryonic portion of embryos
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growth/size/body
• at E6.5
• increased somewhat by E7.5 but still significantly smaller than littermates
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