Fig. 1. The position of mammary rudiments relative to the somites. E11
embryo with the somites (numbered) indicated as grey contours. Only the
thoracic somites 11-24 possess a ventrally elongated hypaxial bud, underlying
the region where mammary placodes 2, 3 and 4 develop (black dots). Mammary
placodes 1 and 5 are covered by the forelimb and hindlimb, respectively, and
are not indicated.