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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Differentiation. 2015 Nov 21;91(4-5):20–27. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2015.10.006

Table 2.

Optimal ages to achieve epithelial-mesenchymal separations for mouse organs.

Organ Age
Tooth E12-13
Vibrissae E12
Salivary gland E13
Back skin E14
Preputial gland E14-16
Urogenital sinus E14-16
Seminal vesicle E16-P0
Mullerian duct E16-19
Wolffian duct E16-19
Uterus P0-P5
Vagina P0-adult
Urinary Bladder E14-adult
Esophagus E16-adult
Cornea P0-adult
Plantar skin E14-adult
Metanephric kidney E11-12
Ureter P0-adult
Ductus deferens P0-adult
Lung E11-12

For gastrointestinal tract consult reviews leaders in the field (Haffen et al., 1987; Simon-Assmann et al., 1990; Yasugi and Mizuno, 2008).