Building the vertebrate vasculature: research is going swimmingly
Building the vertebrate vasculature:
research is going swimmingly
Beth L. Roman and Brant M. Weinstein*
Summary
The vertebrate vasculature develops in remarkably
similar fashion in all vertebrates. A cohort of unspeci-
fied mesodermal cells differentiates into primitive
endothelial cells, which migrate to and occupy positions
within the stereotypical blueprint of the primitive
vasculature. Once in position, these cells coalesce
