embryo
• in vitro, embryos fail to hatch and 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 dying morulae
• morulae 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 (8% versus expected 25%, n=36) and appear to arrest/die prior to blastocyst formation; no embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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