mortality/aging
• E5.5 -E8.5
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embryo
• some decidua contained only giant cells and extraembryonic membranes, and others also contained some embryonic remnants
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• at E5.5, embryonic tissue, when present, appears as small and short egg cylinders compared to controls; no clear division between embryonic and extraembryonic tissue is apparent
• at E6.5, embryos, when present, are half the size of controls and were two-layered cylinders
• at E6.5, mutants lack amniotic folds and the primary giant cells are prominent and large
• at E7.5, embryos are small egg cylinders without amniotic folds and embryonic mesoderm is not visible; some extraembryonic tissue development appears normal
• at E8.5, remaining embryos are variable in shape and achieved developmental stage; some consist of only extraembryonic tissue, some have rudimentary embryonic epithelium with no mesoderm, while others appear to have developed further to the heart beat stage, although the embryo is severely reduced in size
• at E9.5, remaining embryos are variable in shape and achieved developmental stage
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growth/size/body
reproductive system
• many empty decidua found
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