embryo
• in vitro outgrowth assays show apparent trophectoderm (TE) cells but limited/no ICM after 3 days in culture
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mortality/aging
IMPC - JAX
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IMPC - JAX
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• although blastocysts are recovered at nearly normal Mendelian ratios at E3.5 (29% versus expected 25%), no homozygous embryos can be 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 do hatch from the zona pellucida but form irregular outgrowths after 3 days in culture
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