embryo
• in vitro outgrowth assays show that blastocysts fail to hatch from the zona pellucida and are dead after 3 days in culture
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mortality/aging
IMPC - TCP
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IMPC - TCP
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• although early blastocysts are recovered at E3.5, no homozygous embryos are found at E7.5
• however, excess resorption sites suggest that embryos elicit a decidual response in vivo
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