embryo
• in vitro outgrowth assays show no apparent inner cell mass (ICM) colony after 3 days in culture
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• in vitro, no trophoblast giant cells (TGCs) are apparent after 3 days in culture
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mortality/aging
IMPC - TCP
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IMPC - TCP
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• early blastocysts are present at E3.5 (12% versus expected 25%, n=24); 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 very irregular outgrowths after 3 days in culture
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