mortality/aging
• at E6.5-E8.5, homozygotes are recovered at the expected Mendelian frequency but appear abnormal
• no homozygotes are recovered at E9.5
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embryo
• homozygotes fail to undergo normal gastrulation
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• at E7.5, homozygotes lack a properly established A-P axis
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• homozygotes are arrested at the egg cylinder stage before gastrulation
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• at E6.5, homozygotes exhibit progressive growth retardation and are significantly smaller than wild-type embryos
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• at E6.5 and E7.5, homozygotes display impaired epiblast differentiation; in contrast, expression of tissue-specific genes for visceral endoderm differentiation is relatively normal
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• at E6.5, homozygotes fail to form elongated egg cylinders
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• at E7.5, homozygous mutant embryos lack a mesoderm layer
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• at E7.5, homozygotes lack a morphologically identifiable primitive streak
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• at E6.5, homozygous mutant embryos are disorganized and lack a clear distinction between the embryonic and extraembryonic portions
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growth/size/body
• at E6.5, homozygotes exhibit progressive growth retardation and are significantly smaller than wild-type embryos
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