The sinus venosus progenitors separate and diversify from the first and second heart fields early in development

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Tbx18 and the fate of epicardial progenitors

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A Caudal Proliferating Growth Center Contributes to Both Poles of the Forming Heart Tube

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Formation of the Sinus Node Head and Differentiation of Sinus Node Myocardium Are Independently Regulated by Tbx18 and Tbx3

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The contribution of Islet1-expressing splanchnic mesoderm cells to distinct branchiomeric muscles reveals significant heterogeneity in head muscle development

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Atrial myocardium derives from the posterior region of the second heart field, which acquires left-right identity as Pitx2c is expressed

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Patterning of the heart field in the chick

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Epicardial progenitors contribute to the cardiomyocyte lineage in the developing heart

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