mortality/aging
• embryos appear to develop normally until E5.5/6.0 and appear degenerated thereafter
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embryo
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• at E3.5, embryos appear morphologically normal
• at E6.5, defined layers of extraembryonic and embryonic ectoderm and extraembryonic and embryonic endoderm are present and have formed normally
• blasctocysts display a normal morphology of the inner cell mass and of the trophectoderm
• implantation proceeds normally
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• after E6.5, embryos appear smaller than controls and show signs of degeneration
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• after E6.5, all germ layers show signs of degeneration
• some homozygous cell masses are still present at E13.5 suggesting that part of the embryo is still capable of proliferation, while differentiation is impaired
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• absence of mesoderm at E6.5 was determined by lack of immunohistochemical staining for brachyury and goosecoid, early mesodermal markers
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growth/size/body
• after E6.5, embryos appear smaller than controls and show signs of degeneration
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