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Fig. 2. Ventricular and atrial myocardial progenitors are spatially organized at 40% epiboly. (A) The coordinates of our fate map projected onto a lateral view at 40% epiboly; background image adapted, with permission, from Karlstrom and Kane (Karlstrom and Kane, 1996). Latitude, on the vertical axis, is expressed in tiers, or cell diameters, from the margin. Longitude, on the horizontal axis, is expressed in degrees around the circumference of the embryo, with the center of Tg(gsc:gfp) expression defined as 0°. (B) Fate map of myocardial chamber progenitors. Each horizontal bar represents an individual experimental embryo. The position of a bar on the map corresponds with the location of labeled blastomeres. Bar color indicates myocardial contribution of labeled cells: red, contribution to ventricular myocardium; yellow, contribution to atrial myocardium; black, no myocardial progeny. All data from Table 1, except for experiments labeling five blastomeres, are included. As progenitor distribution, chamber contribution and density appear equivalent on both the left and right sides of the embryo (Table 1), the data are summarized together in the fate map. Compiling all data, ventricular myocardial progenitors are found 60-125° from dorsal in tie rs 1, 2 and 3. By contrast, atrial myocardial progenitors are found 90-140° from dorsal in tiers 2, 3 and 4.





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