The Placenta Slows Embryo's Growth so an Injured Limb Can Play Catch-up (IMAGE)

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The Placenta Slows Embryo's Growth so an Injured Limb Can Play Catch-up

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Sections of right and left hindlimb skeletal elements (femora and tibiae) from ePit-Col-p21 embryos expressing p21 preferentially in the left cartilage (right side of image). Red= tdTomato, Green= calcein, White= CD31 staining, Blue= DAPI. Femur and tibia from each side were relocated, rotated and stitched together digitally.

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Alberto Roselló-Díez

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