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XB-ART-8602
Development 2001 Jun 01;12812:2269-79. doi: 10.1242/dev.128.12.2269.
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Fate map of early avian cardiac progenitor cells.

Redkar A , Montgomery M , Litvin J .


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Cardiogenic fate maps are used to address questions on commitment, differentiation, morphogenesis and organogenesis of the heart. Recently, the accuracy of classical cardiogenic fate maps has been questioned, raising concerns about the conclusions drawn in studies based on these maps. We present accurate fate maps of the heart-forming region (HFR) in avian embryos and show that the putative cardiogenic molecular markers Bmp2 and Nkx2.5 do not govern the boundaries of the HFR as suggested in the literature. Moreover, this paper presents the first fate map of the HFR at stage 4 and addresses a void in the literature concerning rostrocaudal patterning of heart cells between stages 4 and 8.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: bmp2