mortality/aging
• two-cell embryos are never recovered after E3.5
• 22% of E1.5 embryos cultured for 18 hours arrested at the two-cell stage
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• some embryos are found when analyzed at E7.5 (3/41); these are much smaller than littermates, and appear unlikely to develop further
• no homozygous embryos are recovered after E7.5
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cellular
• chromosomes from E1.5 embryos cultured for 16 hours show arrest in metaphase; sister chromatides have not separated and arm cohesion remains intact
• metaphase to anaphase transition is blocked
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