mortality/aging
• embryos arrest soon after implantation
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embryo
• embryos arrest soon after implantation and fail to form embryonic or extraembryonic structures (examined at E6 and E7.5)
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• in chimeras with wild-type tetraploids, embryos still resemble enlarged egg cylinders without mesoderm at E8.5
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• in chimeras with wild-type tetraploids, posterior thickening of epiblast occurs with signs of epithelial to mesenchymal transition but no embryonic or extraembryonic mesoderm
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• differentiation of anterior streak and node is blocked
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• in chimeras with wild-type tetraploids, a distinct node is absent at E7.5
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• in chimeras with wild-type tetraploids, elongation of the primitive streak is absent at E7.5
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• no trophoblast outgrowth from cultured blastocysts
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