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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2010 Aug;28(8):1000–1006. doi: 10.1002/jor.21087

Figure 5. Histomorphometric analysis of fracture callus in chimeric mice.

Figure 5

(A) Callus size and (B) volume of new bone were significantly larger in Ju:MA chimeras at day 7, and were significantly decreased at day 28 compared to MA:MA mice. (C) There was no difference in the volume of cartilage between these groups at day 7 and day14. At day 28, 5/7 MA:MA mice had cartilage in the callus. (* p<0.05). (D) There was no difference in Callus size, (E) volume of new bone, and (F) new cartilage between Ju:Ju and MA:Ju mice at day 7 (Ju:Ju, n=8, MA:Ju,n=8), day14 (Ju:Ju, n=7, MA:Ju, n=6), and day21 (Ju:Ju, n=7, MA:MA, n=7) after fracture.