mortality/aging
• although embryos implant they cannot develop beyond the E4.5 blastocyst and die by E5.5
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embryo
• apoptosis in the remnant inner cell masses is increased compared to in wild-type
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• the inner cell mass fails to proliferate and does not form an inner cell mass outgrowth as do wild-type cells
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• in culture, trophectoderm cells from E.5 embryos exhibit limited growth and spreading compared to wild-type cells
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cellular
• cells exhibit abnormal chromatin distribution that precedes caspase 3 activation
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• apoptosis in the remnant inner cell masses is increased compared to in wild-type
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• the inner cell mass fails to proliferate and does not form an inner cell mass outgrowth as do wild-type cells
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• in culture, trophectoderm cells from E.5 embryos exhibit limited growth and spreading compared to wild-type cells
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