mortality/aging
• homozygous embryos are recovered at nearly normal Mendelian ratios at E3.5 (19% versus expected 25%, n=116) and appear as morulae; no homozygous embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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embryo
• in vitro, embryos fail to form blastocysts and are dead after 3 days in culture
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• in vitro outgrowth assays show that embryos fail to hatch from the zona pellucida after 3 days in culture
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