Cartilage cells in mouse femur growth plate and penis bone
Here are two images from a thin sectioning histology project we did. What you are looking at is the presence of a dark purple band with large oval cells within the each of the two bones. That purple band is cartilage. These images, and findings from other papers are what encourages us that penis bones probably develop using a cartilaginous precursor, and that is why we are looking at Sox9 expression.
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