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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2009 Jun 15;312B(4):292–308. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.21266

TABLE 2. Summary of data on the quantitative evaluation of proliferation.

R2 M


Number of sections Total number of cells Total number of mitoses Mitotic index (%) Number of sections Total number of cells Total number of mitoses Mitotic index (%)
Spry2−/− 60 12,151 255 2.10 60 8,842 175 1.98
WT 100 17,131 242 1.41 100 13,988 279 1.99

Mitotic index, percentage of mitotic cells in 100 cells; R2, the posterior diastema bud in the mandible; M, the molar epithelium in the mandible; WT, wild type.