A quantitative method for staging mouse embryos based on limb morphometry.
Development
; 145(7)2018 04 05.
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ABSTRACT
To determine the developmental stage of embryonic mice, we apply a geometric morphometric approach to the changing shape of the mouse limb bud as it grows from embryonic day 10 to embryonic day 15 post-conception. As the ontogenetic sequence results in the de novo emergence of shape features not present in the early stages, we have created a standard ontogenetic trajectory for limb bud development - a quantitative characterization of shape change during limb morphogenesis. This trajectory of form as a function of time also gives us the reverse function the ability to infer developmental stage from form, with a typical uncertainty of 2â
h. We introduce eMOSS (embryonic mouse ontogenetic staging system) as a fast, reliable, convenient and freely available online tool for staging embryos from two-dimensional images of their limb buds, and illustrate its use in phenotyping early limb abnormalities.
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Edad Gestacional
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Esbozos de los Miembros
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Embrión de Mamíferos
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Miembro Posterior
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Morfogénesis
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Animals
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2018
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