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Mouse Anatomy | FaceBase

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Mouse Anatomy

C57BL/6 mouse embryo -- Anatomy Marked (click thumbnails to enlarge)

  E9.5 E10 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12 E12.5 E13 E13.5 E14 E14.5 E15 E16.5 P0
# of Somites 23 ± 2 32 ± 2 37 ± 2 42 ± 2 45 ± 2                  

Color-coded scanning electron microscopy images

Side view
Frontal view
Palate

Color-coded drawings representing cell lineages

Epithelium
K14-Cre;R26Rfl/fl
E15 - not available
Mesenchyme
Wnt1-Cre;ZsGreenfl/fl
E15 - not available
Muscle
Myf5-Cre;TdTomatofl/fl
E15 - not available

 

Images provided by Iwata, J., Bringas, P., and Chai, Y.,  University of Southern California