Table 1. Pluripotent cell lines used in the study.

Name of cell line	Mouse strain	Cell Type	Feeder dependency	Sex	Source	Comments and Reference
BL6.9	C57BL/6	ESC	+	M	JHU	aka MC2-B6
CC9.3.1	129SvEv-Gpi1c	ESC	+	F	Grant MacGregor	(Sligh et al., 2000); developed by Allan Bradley
129.3	129SvEv-Tac	ESC	+	M	JHU	aka MC1
ES-D3-GL	129/SV+c/+p	ESC	+	M	ATCC	Catalog No SCRC-1003 (Doetschman et al., 1985)
EBRTcH3	129Ola	ESC	−	M	Hitoshi Niwa	Derived from EB3 (E14tg2a), genetically modified (Masui et al., 2005)
MG1.19	129Ola	ESC	−	M	Hitoshi Niwa	Derived from CCE, genetically modified (Camenisch et al., 1996)
TGC 8-5*	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (met/unmet, partial) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8-7	C57BL/6	EGC	+	F	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (unmet) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8-8	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (unmet) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8-9*	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (unmet) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8-12*	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (met/unmet, somatic) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8.5-5	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8.5 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (met/unmet, partial) (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 8.5-19*	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from 8.5 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (unmet); germ line transmission (Labosky et al., 1994)
TGC 12-8	C57BL/6	EGC	+	M	Brigid Hogan	Derived from genital ridge of 12.5 dpc embryo; methylation of Igf2r region 2 (unmet) (Labosky et al., 1994)
EG-1	129Sv	EGC	+	M	Colin Stewart	Derived from 9 dpc embryo (Stewart et al., 1994)
EG-3	129Sv	EGC	+	F	Colin Stewart	Derived from 9 dpc embryo (Stewart et al., 1994)

^*Samples used for qRT-PCR only. All other samples were used for microarray analysis.