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. 2002 Dec;201(6):477–484. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00114.x

Table 2.

Comparison of apoptosis and mitosis in embryonic tissues and postnatal kidneys

E11.5–E16.5 kidneys P14 kidneys E11.5 tails E16.5 lungs
Apoptotic cells  541 5 31 88
Mitotic cells 2633 26 142 275
Total cell no 193 590 8318 13 015 25 613
No. of samples 64 4 6 9
Mean AI (%) 0.28 ± 0.09 0.06 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.23 0.34 ± 0.12
Mean MI (%) 1.36 ± 0.15 0.31 ± 0.08 1.09 ± 0.29 1.07 ± 0.12