mortality/aging
• peri-implantation lethality, with embryos failing to survive shortly after implantation
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embryo
• E3.5 cultured blastocysts do not show well-developed inner cell mass outgrowths as seen in controls
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• embryos lack an epiblast
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• embryos show no egg cylinder structure
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• maker analysis of intact E3.5 and cultured blastocysts indicates that they lack pluripotency
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cellular
• E3.5 cultured blastocysts do not show well-developed inner cell mass outgrowths as seen in controls
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