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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2014 Dec 10;519(7542):219–222. doi: 10.1038/nature13996

Extended Data Table 2. Description of the developmental stages queried in this study.

Stage number Stage name Description Time*
1 2-cell 2-cell embryo 0
2 4-cell 4-cell embryo 20
3 E After division of EMS to E and MS 40
4 2E After division of E to Ea and Ep 60
5 2E+ After division of MSa and MSp to MSaa, MSap, MSpa and MSpp 90
6 4E After division of Ea and Ep to Eal, Ear, Epl and Epr 110
7 4E+ 60 minutes after division of Ea and Ep to Eal, Ear, Epl and Epr 140
8 8E After division of Eal, Ear, Epl and Epr to Eala, Ealp, Eara, Earp, Epla, Eplp, Epra and Eprp 180
9 8E+ 90 minutes after division of Eal, Ear, Epl and Epr to Eala, Ealp, Eara, Earp, Epla, Eplp, Epra and Epr na
10 8E++ 180 minutes after division of Eal, Ear, Epl and Epr to Eala, Ealp, Eara, Earp, Epla, Eplp, Epra and Epr na
11 o.n. After an over-night incubation - more than 8 E cells are visible. na
*

Timing of the stage in the Sulston lineage10. Timing is indicated as minutes from the 2-cell stage