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. 2015 Oct 7;10(10):e0140192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140192

Fig 2. Impaired ICM outgrowth of Med28 -/- blastocysts.

Fig 2

(A) Representative PCR genotyping of E3.5 blastocysts from Med28 +/- intercrosses show WT (+) allele and null (-) allele. Primers described in Fig 1C are used for genotyping. (B) Phase contrast microscopy images of embryos from Med28 +/- intercrosses. At embryonic day E3.5, Med28 +/+ blastocysts (panel A; a, enlarged inset) are indistinguishable from Med28 -/- blastocysts (panel B; b, enlarged inset). After 3 days in culture (DIV3), unlike Med28 +/+ blastocysts that show outgrowth (panel C, arrow), ICMs from Med28 -/- blastocysts fail to show outgrowth (panel D). A total of 14 WT and 12 mutant blastocysts were examined. Scale bar, 100 μm.