mortality/aging
• embryos die between E7.5 and E8.5; all embryos are being resorbed at E8.5
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embryo
• all E6.5 embryos show high levels of apoptotic cells (10-100% TUNEL-positive cells) in distal regions (U-shaped area encompassing 25% of the egg cylinder and involves embryonic ectoderm and visceral endoderm); apoptosis in proximal region is similar to that seen in controls
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• at E6.5 homozygous embryos appear identical to controls, but at E7.5, about 25% of embryos are morphologically abnormal
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• embryos fail to gastrulate
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• at E7.5, abnormal embryos fail to differentiate beyond egg cylinder stage; embryos have egg cylinders composed of discrete ectodermal and endodermal layers with no evidence of mesoderm on mixed or 129Sv inbred backgrounds
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• no evidence of mesoderm at E7.5
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• at E7.5, abnormal embryos show indefinite boundaries between embryonic and extraembryonic regions
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growth/size/body
cellular
• all E6.5 embryos show high levels of apoptotic cells (10-100% TUNEL-positive cells) in distal regions (U-shaped area encompassing 25% of the egg cylinder and involves embryonic ectoderm and visceral endoderm); apoptosis in proximal region is similar to that seen in controls
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• proliferation decrease is inversely correlated with elevated apoptosis severity in distal regions
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