mortality/aging
• embryos arrest prior to E9
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embryo
• definitive endoderm fails to narrow
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• prior to E9, sometimes at E7.5
• however, embryos are able to gastrulate
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• shorter and wider than in wild-type mice and located further away from the midline
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• mediolaterally expanded
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• constricted
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• fails to close
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• reduced
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• constricted with numerous bubble-like protrusions
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• the chorionic trophectoderm fails to expand
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• underdeveloped
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nervous system
digestive/alimentary system
• failure of gut closure
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