mortality/aging
• although blastocysts are present at E3.5 (15% versus expected 25%, n=15), 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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embryo
• in vitro outgrowth assays show a poorly defined ICM colony after 3 days in culture
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reproductive system
• in vitro, blastocysts hatch from the zona pellucida but form irregular outgrowths after 3 days in culture
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