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Development of the Putative Primo Vascular System Before the Formation of Vitelline Vessels in Chick Embryos

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The Primo Vascular System

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We found threadlike structures in the vitelline membrane and its surrounding dense albumen of a chick embryo by using the Trypan blue staining technique. The threadlike structure, a putative primo vessel, had DNA bodies as revealed by DAPI staining and was developed before the formation of blood vessels.

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This work was supported by a “Systems Biology Infrastructure Establishment Grant” from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. K. Soh thanks the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine for support.

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Lee, SY., Lee, BC., Soh, KS., Jhon, GJ. (2012). Development of the Putative Primo Vascular System Before the Formation of Vitelline Vessels in Chick Embryos. In: Soh, KS., Kang, K., Harrison, D. (eds) The Primo Vascular System. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0601-3_11

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