embryo
• embryos fail to reach a morphological blastocyst stage after 3 days in culture
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• in culture, embryos fail to hatch from the zona pellucida with apparent cell death after 3 days in culture
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• morulas recovered at E3.5 appear to be dying
• embryos show no further development after 3 days in culture
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• morulas recovered at E3.5 appear to be dying
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mortality/aging
IMPC - JAX
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IMPC - JAX
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• homozygous embryos are recovered at E3.5 (14% versus expected 25%, n=29) and appear to arrest/die prior to blastocyst formation; no embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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