mortality/aging
• homozygotes are present at E4.5 but fail to be recovered at normal Mendelian ratios by E6.5
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embryo
• embryonic fragments recovered at E6.5 and E7.5 show no defined axis or structure
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• cultured E3.5 blastocysts and uncultured E4.5 embryos form more epiblast (Nanog+) cells
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• cultured E3.5 blastocysts and uncultured E4.5 embryos form fewer primitive endoderm (Gata4+) cells
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• cultured E3.5 blastocysts contain fewer cells than wild-type controls
• however, in vivo, numbers of cells per embryo are comparable to those of wild-type controls by E4.5
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