mortality/aging
• significant loss of embryos is seen by E9.5 with no survivors by E11.5
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embryo
• at E6.5 very little elongation along the proximodistal axis is seen
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• at E7.5, markers of anterior or posterior tissue are absent
• at E8.5, embryos lack most structures that reflect rostral-caudal patterning
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• appear to arrest between E5.5 and E6.5
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• progressive growth retardation
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• substantially smaller than littermates at E5.5 - 6.5
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• at E7.5 the embryonic ectoderm tends to be irregularly thick
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• at E7.5 the egg cylinder has a hook like shape
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• no defined primitive streak can be recognized at E7.5
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• the primitive streak fails to extend correctly
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• substantial reduction in extraembryonic tissue at the proximal pole at E6.5
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• at E6.5 the ectoplacental cone is barely detectable
• at E7.5 the ectoplacental cone is smaller and only partly contacts the adjacent decidua
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• chorion development is strongly reduced or absent
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• chorion may be absent
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• at E7.5 the visceral endoderm tends to be irregularly thick
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growth/size/body
• progressive growth retardation
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• substantially smaller than littermates at E5.5 - 6.5
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