cellular
• blastocysts show apparent cell death after 3 days in culture
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• cultured blastocysts fail to form a typical outgrowth colony
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embryo
• cultured blastocysts fail to form a typical outgrowth colony
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• blastocysts fail to hatch from the zona pellucida with apparent cell death after 3 days in culture
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• no epiblast cells are observed after 3 days in culture
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• no primitive endoderm (PrE) cells are observed after 3 days in culture
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• no trophectoderm (TE) is observed after 3 days in culture
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mortality/aging
IMPC - JAX
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• normal blastocysts are present at lower than expected Mendelian ratios at E3.5 (15% versus 25%); no embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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IMPC - JAX
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