mortality/aging
• embryos die due to massive apoptosis
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cellular
• apoptosis was detected in most cells present at E7.5
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embryo
• at E7.5, embryos lack differentiated germ cell layers; at E9.5, some differentiated cells were seen, but no organized cell layers were apparent
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• these embryos exhibited delayed hatching from the zona pellucida
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• an accumulation of cells at the distal end of conceptus was noted
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• preimplantation embryos had a morula appearance with no blastocoel or ICM seen
• however, the trophoblast forms normally
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absent amnion
(
J:74982
)