embryo
• in vitro outgrowth assays show no defined inner cell mass (ICM) after 3 days in culture
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• in vitro, few trophectoderm (TE) cells are observed after 3 days in culture
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• some embryos recovered at E3.5 appear as irregular morulae
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mortality/aging
IMPC - JAX
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IMPC - JAX
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• homozygous embryos are recovered at expected Mendelian ratios at E3.5 but appear as irregular morulae or early blastocysts; no homozygous embryos are recovered at E7.5
• however, excess resorption sites suggest that embryos elicit a decidual response in vivo
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reproductive system
• in vitro, blastocysts hatch from the zona pellucida but form outgrowths with no defined ICM and few trophectoderm cells after 3 days in culture
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