mortality/aging
• blastocysts are recovered at E3.5 (16% versus expected 25%, n=32); no homozygous embryos are recovered at E7.5 but excess resorption sites suggest that embryos elicit a decidual response in vivo
• in vitro, blastocysts hatch from the zona pellucida and form normal outgrowths with apparent inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm (TE) and primitive endoderm (PrE) cells after 3 days in culture
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