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. 2009 May 27;29(21):6904–6916. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1585-09.2009

Table 1.

Summary of MARCM analysis with Vglut–Gal4 of leg motor neuronsa

Lineage (embryonic clones) Total # of MNs # of times entire lineage was observed (# embryonic clones) Latest time entire lineage was labeled (hours AEL) Cell body position relative to neuropil Non-MNs in the clone? Partial lineages observed? Targeted leg segments (#) Notes
Ab 28c 69 (16) ≤48 Anterior No Yes Fe (13), Ti (15) 9 of 10 embryonic clones also labeled F or G; may correspond to NB 15 of Truman et al. (2004)
B 7 47 (11) ≤54 Anterior No Yes Fe (1), Tr (2), Co (4)
C 1 18 (2) ≤54 Posterior No NA Co
D 2 77 (8) ≤66 Anterior No Yes Co (2)
E 1 54 (10) ≤48 Posterior ∼25 inter-neurons NA Co
Fb 1 12 (5) ≤78 Anterior No NA Co Some single-cell clones project to coxa and femur
Gb 1 32 (5) ≤64 Anterior No NA Tr
H 2 2 (1) ≤24 Anterior No NA Fe (2 ) Embryonic born MN
I 2 1 (1) ≤12 Anterior No NA Fe (2 ) Embryonic born MN
J 1 1 (1) ≤12 Posterior No NA Co Embryonic born MN
K 1 1 (1) ≤12 Anterior No NA Fe Embryonic born MN
Other MNs (only postembryonic labeling)
V 1 7 (0) ≤78 Anterior No NA Fe
W 1 2 (0) ≤76 Anterior No NA Fe
X 1 2 (0) ≤86 Anterior No NA Fe
Y 1 2 (0) ≤78 Anterior No NA Fe

aTwo Vglut–Gal4+ motor neurons (MNs) were never observed in the MARCM analyses (one in coxa, one in trochanter). For those lineages that were only observed once (I–K), we cannot rule out that these neurons are part of another lineage.

bFor Lin A, F, and G, the entire lineage can be labeled by both embryonic and postembryonic clones without labeling any additional motor neuronss, arguing that all three are independent lineages.

cTwenty-seven of the 28 Lin A motor neurons were observed as single-cell clones. The single unlabeled Lin A motor neuron has a very distinctive axon targeting the ventral tibia.