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A system of twenty-nine arbitrary stages from conception to weaning is included to match equivalent stages in human (Carnegie staging system) and mouse (Thieler staging system). Birth occurs at stage 18. Corresponding age of each stage is included as a range of postnatal days (P). See Table 3 for further details. Scale bar: 5 mm.
