embryo
• in vitro, embryos never reach a morphological blastocyst stage after 3 days in culture
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• in vitro, embryos fail to hatch from the zona pellucida with apparent cell death after 3 days in culture
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• embryos recovered at E3.5 appear as early blastocysts/late morulas
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growth/size/body
• embryos recovered at E3.5 appear as early blastocysts/late morulas
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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 (18% versus expected 25%, n=34) and appear to arrest/die prior to blastocyst formation; no embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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reproductive system
• in vitro, embryos fail to hatch and never form a normal outgrowth after 3 days in culture
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