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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Biol. 2011 Oct 8;363(1):201–218. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.003

Table 3.

Distribution of cells derived from distal allantois grafts in chimeras

Tissue Chimera number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Allantois + + + + + + + + + +
Vessel endothelium Dorsal aorta 2
Omphalomesenteric artery 32 36
Vessel of confluence 21
Yolk sac 44 148 5
Hematopoietic cells Posterior embryo1 3
Yolk sac blood islands 8
Other tissues of the posterior embryo Hindgut
Posterior mesoderm2 2
Somatopleure
Splanchnopleure
Surface ectoderm
Ventral ectodermal ridge
Other extraembryonic tissues Yolk sac xve
Yolk sac mesothelium
Amnion
STELLA-positive cells Hindgut n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d
Posterior mesoderm2 n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d
Surface ectoderm n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d
Ventral ectodermal ridge n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d
Allantois n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d
Staging Initial host stage EHF vEHF EHF EHF EHF EHF LHF EHF EHF EHF
Graft stage EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF EHF
Final host stage 9-s 10-s 12-s 10-s 9-s 11-s 12-s 10-s 9-s 10-s

Gray highlight denotes statistically significant results (p<0.05)

+ denotes greater than 200 cells

n/d denotes specimens not stained for STELLA

1

Circulating within dorsal aortae, omphalomesenteric artery, and/or vessel of confluence.

2

Includes general loose mesenchyme and/or mesoderm associated with somatopleure.