Total number ± SEM of circulating red blood cells (RBCs) and of primitive red cells in E12.5, E14.5, and E16.5 mouse embryos
. | Total RBCs, × 106 per embryo . | Primitive RBCs, × 106 per embryo . | Nucleated primitive RBCs, % . | n . |
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E12.5 | 5.3 ± 0.9 | 4.8 ± 0.6 | 91.2 ± 4.3 | 3 |
E14.5 | 26.3 ± 6.9 | 6.0 ± 2.2 | 22.6 ± 9.4 | 3 |
E16.5 | 151.7 ± 28.6 | 10.8 ± 4.5 | 6.5 ± 2.0 | 4 |
. | Total RBCs, × 106 per embryo . | Primitive RBCs, × 106 per embryo . | Nucleated primitive RBCs, % . | n . |
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E12.5 | 5.3 ± 0.9 | 4.8 ± 0.6 | 91.2 ± 4.3 | 3 |
E14.5 | 26.3 ± 6.9 | 6.0 ± 2.2 | 22.6 ± 9.4 | 3 |
E16.5 | 151.7 ± 28.6 | 10.8 ± 4.5 | 6.5 ± 2.0 | 4 |
There are no significant changes in the numbers of primitive red cells as they enucleate between E12.5 and E16.5. n indicates the number of independent experiments.