mortality/aging
• no homozygotes are identified at E12.5, E10.5, or E8.5 on a mixed or backcrossed C57BL/6 (N5) background
• homozygous blastocysts are isolated at E3.5, indicating that lethality is likely occurring post-implantation
• normal distribution of homozygous embryos across blastocyst, morula, and premorula stages
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embryo
• mutant blastocysts are able to implant, but subsequent development is impaired
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