mortality/aging
• lethality occurs between E3.5 and E7.5 with abnormalities in embryo development first occurring at E4.5
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growth/size/body
• E5.5 embryos are retarded in growth development and patterning
• the number of E5.5 embryonic cells proliferating are dramatically reduced
• E3.5 blastocytes cultured in vitro fail to survive
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embryo
• E5.5 embryos are retarded in growth development and patterning
• the number of E5.5 embryonic cells proliferating are dramatically reduced
• E3.5 blastocytes cultured in vitro fail to survive
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• E5.5 embryos have a disorganized presumptive epiblast with cellular degeneration
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• E5.5 embryos have a disorganized presumptive epiblast with cellular degeneration
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• trophoblast giant cells are completely absent in E6.0 embryos
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• E3.5 blastocytes cultured in vitro fail to form trophectodermal outgrowths
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• the presumptive visceral endoderm has extensive vacuolization at E6.0
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reproductive system
• mutant embryos begin to implant but are unable to trigger apoptosis in the underlying endometrium
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