mortality/aging
• die between E7.5 and E9.0 with only resorbed embryos found at E9.5
• tetraploid complementation prolongs survival slightly but all embryos are still lost by E10.5
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embryo
• embryos are oval or asymmetric in shape at about E7.5
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• at about E7.5 embryos appear to have arrested at the egg cylinder stage
• following tetraploid complementation embryos at E9.5 appear to have arrested at the neurula stage with no more than 4 - 5 somites
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• at E7.0
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• no evident demarcation between embryonic and extraembryonic tissue is detected at about E7.5
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• lack a structured ectoplacental cone at E7.0
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• expression analysis indicates an extraembryonic ectoderm like compartment forms but is severely compromised in size
• unable to derive trophoblast stem cells from homozygous embryos
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• expression analysis indicates expansion of the anterior visceral endoderm into more posterior regions
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growth/size/body
• at E7.0
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