Fig. 7. The embryonic progenitors of several cell types in a hermaphrodite. D, E
and P4 each gives rise to only one cell type, and C gives rise only
to two neurons, 32 body muscles and nuclei that form part of hyp7, a large
syncytium that forms most of the hypodermis, or skin, of the animal.
Additional cell types derive from ABa, ABpl, ABpr and MS, but only those cell
types discussed in the text are indicated. For a complete picture of the
embryonic cell lineage of C. elegans, please go to
http://www.wormatlas.org/Sulstonemblin_1983/results.html