Figure 9. Liver bud growth.

Figure 9Liver bud growth.

The schematics depict the liver bud at e9.5 when the hepatoblasts are invading the STM and at e10.5, when the hepatoblasts have grown into the liver bud in characteristic “chords” that are intermingled with the hepatic mesenchyme. At e10.5 haematopoietic cells also colonize the liver bud. Some the genes involved in liver bud growth are indicated.

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