Single cell RNA seq of mouse embryos from E7.0, E7.25 and E7.5

During mouse gastrulation, the formation of germ layers proceeds concurrently with the transition pluripotency state and the allocation of the multipotent epiblast cells to the germ layer derivatives. Lineage analysis and fate-mapping studies have revealed that groups of cells in different regions of the epiblast and the primitive streak of the gastrulating embryo are allocated to separate progenitors of the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm lineages three germ layers with descendants of each progenitor contributing to specific types of germ layer derivatives. Spatiotemporal transcriptomic analysis of the epiblast cell population has inferred that besides the allocation of the epiblast cells to progenitors of germ layers, a population of putative mesendoderm progenitors may be present in the gastrulating embryos. Overall design: Single cells were isolated from Mouse embryos at the gastrulation stages of E7.0, E7.25 and posterior region of E7.5 mouse embryo