“…While Lbx1h is expressed in developing chick EOM (5, 53), it is restricted to only one of the six muscles (i.e., a minority source of myoblasts for the mEOM line) and has not been reported in mammalian EOM. Likewise, Ebf1, Hoxc10, Igfbp2, Kremen, Popdc3, Robo1, Six1, and Wnt5a are all established limb development markers (2,6,15,47,50,51,54,92) that either are expressed at higher levels or differentially regulated only in mLM. Collectively, these expression patterns, and the other patterns in signaling pathways (see below), help validate the mLM line as a model for limb muscle development.…”