mortality/aging
• no homozygotes found in offspring of heterozygous crosses
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embryo
• smaller in size; apoptotic cells found in distal end of cylinder
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• absent exocoelomic cavities
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cellular
• E-cadherin is mistargeted to intracellular compartments, whereas in control embryos it is present at the cell surface of trophectodermal and ectodermal cells, suggesting defects in plasma membrane trafficking of adhesion proteins
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