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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2010 Dec 10;107(12):1428–1444. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.227405

Table 1.

Landmarks in heart development in the models discussed in this review

Zebrafish
(hpf)
Frog
(N&F)
Chick
(HH)
Mouse
(dpc)
Human
(days)
Gastrulation 5.5 10 4 7 15-16
Heart fields 13 24 5 7 18
Heart trough 19 (cone) 29/30 9 8 21-23
Heart tube 22 32/33 11 8.5 24
Looping 24-48 33-35 14-18 8.5-10.25 24-25
Myocardial
contraction
22 32/33 10 8.5 24
Anterograde
circulation
24 37 14 9 25
Venous pole
addition
24-72 ND 14-18 8.5-10.25 25-40
Proepicardium 50 41 15 9.5 28-35
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