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Mouse Ventral Body Wall Development

The development of the ventral body wall and the pelvic girdle.

Wild-type embryos exhibited a physiological umbilical hernia in the ventral body wall at E12.5 and E14.5

(A, B). Black arrows indicate the physiological umbilical hernia. The physiological umbilical hernias were recovered in wild-type late staged embryos at E16.5 and E18.5 (C, D). The anlagen of the pelvic girdle start to be observed at around E11.5 (E; black arrowheads).

The jointing of the hip bones (pubic symphysis) was not formed yet in wild-type embryos at E12.5 and E14.5 (F, G).

The embryonic pelvic girdle develops to the midline at E16.5 and the pelvic ring is formed at E18.5 (H, I). Red arrowheads indicate the midline edges of the pelvic girdle primordia (future symphysial surfaces of the pubis).

• f - femur
• gt - genital tubercle
• hl - hind limb
• il - iliac bone
• is - ischial bone
• pu - pubic bone
• t - tail
• uc - umbilical cord

Original file name: Figure 1. Journal.pone.0016260.g001.jpg doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016260.g001

Reference

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