mortality/aging
• embryos die around day 7.5 of gestation due to abnormal embryonic ectoderm development
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embryo
• analysis of day 8.5 conceptuses shows absence of embryonic ectoderm derivatives, but apparently normal yolk-sac membrane and tissues of mesoderm origin
• well-organized columnar embryonic ectoderm epithelium is indistinguishable in day 7.0 embryos
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