The aorta-gonad-mesonephros is a region of
embryonic mesoderm that develops during embryonic development from the para-aortic splanchnopleura in chick, mouse and human embryos. It has been suggested that this area, in particular the ventral wall of the
dorsal aorta, is the one of the primary origins of the definitive
haematopoietic stem cell.
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