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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Methods. 2008 Jun 29;5(8):703–709. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1228

Table 2.

Comparing lineage-based expression patterns to descriptions from literature

gene literature cells literature
onset		 observed cells (all terminal fates in
parentheses)		 observed
onset
pha-4

 Pharynx14 > 500 cells ABalpaxxx, ABaraaxxx, ABarapaxxx
(57 pharyngeal cells, 4 neurons, 4
hypodermal cells)		 < 200 cells
MSaaxxx, MSpaxxx
(37 pharyngeal cells, 2 neurons, 10
muscle cells)		 < 200 cells
Rectal precursors14 > 500 cells ABprpapppxx, ABprpppppax,
ABplpppppax, ABplpapppxx
(7 rectal and digestive muscle cells, 2
neurons, 1 muscle cell		 > 350 cells
Intestine (E)14 100-200
cells		 Exxx
(20 intestine cells)		 < 200 cells
end-3 Intestine blast
cell (E)19 		28 cells Both E daughters
(20 intestine cells)		 2E(< 50
cells)
hlh-1 Muscle
precursors and
transiently in
MS18 		12-24
cells(MS)
90+ cells
(C		 MSxx (Muscle and pharynx)
Cxpx (Muscle)
Dxx (Muscle)		 24 cells
(MS)
90 cells (C)
180 cells
(D)

cnd-1 		15 of 16 initial AB
descendents17 		24 cells Descendents of all 16 initial AB
descendents with highly patterned
expression		 50-200
cells
Non-hypodermal
AB descendents
not expressing
UNC-8617 		by > 500
cells		 ABalaaxx, ABalpapax, ABalppapx,
ABarappx, ABplaapax, ABplapax,
ABplpaax, ABplppapx, ABpraapax,
ABprapppx, ABprpaax, ABprppapx
(97 neurons, 3 hypodermal cells, 1
arcade cell, 17 glia, 2 excretory system
cells, 7 postembryonic blast cells)		 100-200
cells