title: Fate mapping hematopoietic lineages in the Xenopus embryo.
abstract: Fate maps reveal the normal contribution of various regions of an early embryo to larval and adult structures. This chapter describes the mapping of primitive blood in embryos of the frog Xenopus laevis by the technique of lineage tracing with a fluorescent dextran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Constance
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sheets
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000502:physiology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000196:embryology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis