101. Studies of t6/t6 mouse embryos.
- Author
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Nadijcka M and Hillman N
- Subjects
- Alleles, Animals, Blastocyst ultrastructure, Cytoplasmic Granules ultrastructure, Ectoderm ultrastructure, Embryo, Mammalian ultrastructure, Female, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred Strains, Mitochondria ultrastructure, Mutation, Genes, Lethal, Genes, Recessive, Homozygote, Mice embryology
- Abstract
The phenocritical period of the t6/t6 genome extends from the late blastocyst substages through the elongated egg-cylinder stage. Most of the homozygous mouse embryos die during the short egg-cylinder stage. The viable egg-cylinder staged t6/t6 embryos can be distinguished from their phenotypically wild-type litter-mates at both the light and electron microscopic levels. The distinguishing characteristics of these embryos are aberrantly arranged entodermal cells, excessive cytoplasmic lipid and crystal-containing mitochondria. These same features are also characteristic of those mutant embryos which are developmentally arrested at both the short and elongated egg-cylinder stages. Over 50% of the t6/t6 embryos can be identified as early as the late blastocyst substages by the presence of large, electron-dense cytoplasmic lipid droplets.
- Published
- 1975