mortality/aging
• only 3% of homozygous embryos are recovered at E3.5 as dying 2-cell stage embryos; no embryos or excess resorption sites are observed at E7.5
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embryo
• 2-cell stage embryos fail to reach a morphological blastocyst stage after 3 days in culture
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• only dying 2-cell stage embryos are observed at E3.5, suggesting failure of zygotic genome activation
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cellular
• 2-cell stage embryos recovered at E3.5 appear to be dying
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