Theiler Stage Reference
The GUDMAP repository uses Theiler stages to describe age stages in mouse specimen. This page includes a reference table of the approximate correlation between Theiler Stages and dpc.
The definitions of Theiler stages used in GUDMAP, and their relationship to days post-coitum (dpc), are those that appeared on the EMAP website (no longer active, but you can find the paper here).
Each Theiler stage is identified with one ‘average’ age, and a range of variation of real ages, centering on this average, that can be seen when real developing embryos are studied.
| Theiler Stage (TS) | Alternative Staging |
|---|---|
| TS10 | 7 dpc (range 6.5 - 7.75) |
| TS11 | 7.5 dpc (range 7.25 - 8) |
| TS12 | 8 dpc (range 7.5 - 8.75) |
| TS13 | 8.5 dpc (range 8 - 9.25) |
| TS14 | 9 dpc (range 8.5 - 9.75) |
| TS15 | 9.5 dpc (range 9 - 10.25) |
| TS16 | 10 dpc (range 9.5 - 10.75) |
| TS17 | 10.5 dpc (range 10 - 11.25) |
| TS18 | 11 dpc (range 10.5 - 11.25) |
| TS19 | 11.5 dpc (range 11.5 - 12.25) |
| TS20 | 12 dpc (range 11.5 - 13) |
| TS21 | 13 dpc (range 12.5 - 14) |
| TS22 | 14 dpc (range 13.5 - 15) |
| TS23 | 15 dpc |
| TS24 | 16 dpc |
| TS25 | 17 dpc |
| TS26 | 18 dpc |
| TS27 | P0 - P3 |
| TS28 | P4 - Adult |