Table I.

Distribution of Wt and Ko fetal liver cells at different stages of erythroid differentiation under iron-sufficient or iron-deficient conditions.

	P1 (%)	P2 (%)	P3 (%)	P4 (%)	P5 (%)
Wt+Fe	8·95 ± 2·37	5·47 ± 1·98	20·52 ± 6·74	48·32 ± 7·52	6·50 ± 2·63
Wt-Fe	10·47 ± 1·05	8·53 ± 2·24*	57·37 ± 3·20*	9·96 ± 3·32*	2·67 ± 0·73*
Ko+Fe	10·27 ± 2·09	4·60 ± 1·60	31·72 ± 5·19*	36·80 ± 6·15*	6·37 ± 1·31
Ko-Fe	11·46 ± 1·21	12·28 ± 2·80*†	55·65 ± 6·23*	6·61 ± 1·08*†	1·79 ± 0·92*†

Results are presented in mean ± SD (n = 5–6).

^*P < 0·05, compared with Wt+Fe.

^†P < 0·05, compared with Wt-Fe.