mortality/aging
• embryos are abnormal or degenerating between E7 and E8.5
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embryo
• mesodermal wings form, but do not extend posteriorly
• mesoderm formation is initiated as indicated by marker analysis but is is not fully differentiated
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• development is arrested at mid/late streak stage
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• at E7, embryos are about half the size of controls
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• the posterior epiblast is forced into the proamniotic cavity by the thickened primitive streak
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• forms but is thickened
• the thickened primitive streak forces the posterior epiblast into the proamniotic cavity
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• no organized structures are observed in the E7 embryos
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growth/size/body
• at E7, embryos are about half the size of controls
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