mortality/aging
• mice die prior to E10.5
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embryo
• development of the body axis is impaired unlike in wild-type mice
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• from E6.5 to E8.5, mice remain as egg cylinders with only two layers of tissue unlike wild-type mice
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• the ectodermal layer is abnormally thick and grows to become irregular and folded unlike in wild-type mice
• the anterior ectoderm fails to develop unlike in wild-type mice
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• mice lack definitive endoderm unlike wild-type mice
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