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Table 1 Numbers of chicken HFR explants forming contractile tissue aggregates

From: Primary culture of avian embryonic heart forming region cells to study the regulation of vertebrate early heart morphogenesis by vitamin A

 

  Developmental stage

Media

1–2 ss

3–5 ss

7–10ss

DMEM

12%*, (1 of 8)

14%, (1 of 7)

0%, (0 of 4)

Endo-Grow

37%, (3 of 8)

78%, (7 of 9)

25%, (1 of 4)

  1. The total number of explants placed in culture media is shown in parentheses. *Percentage of explants forming contractile tissue aggregates within 24 h of cultivation. Experimental details are described in Methods.
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BMC Developmental Biology

ISSN: 1471-213X

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