Fig. 6. Whole mammary gland transplantations. Whole mammary glands were
transplanted into the intrascapular region of recipient mice, and sections
were analyzed at L1. In control experiments, whole wild-type mammary gland
transplants (B) developed to the same extent as wild-type endogenous glands
(A). Although control recipient Dgat1/
glands failed to develop (C), wild-type whole mammary glands transplanted into
the same Dgat1/ recipients developed
normally (D). In the converse experiment, control endogenous
Dgat1+/+ glands developed normally (E), whereas
Dgat1/ mammary glands transplanted into the
Dgat1+/+ recipients failed to develop (F).