Table 1

Mean distance moved and rate of movement for 6 individual stripes during healing of wound shown in Fig. 6

Stripe

Method A^†

Method B^††

Total distance

(μm)

Mean rate

(μm min^-1)

Total distance

(μm)

Mean rate

(μm min^-1)

1

301

0.33

338

0.38

2

562

0.62

594

0.66

3

718

0.80

738

0.82

4

578

0.64

612

0.68

5

472

0.52

487

0.54

6

258

0.29

283

0.31

^† In method A the distance each stripe moved was calculated from the total distance moved regardless of the route.

^†† In method B the distance each stripe moved during wound healing was calculated by measuring the distance moved between every time point.

Mort et al. BMC Developmental Biology 2009 9:4   doi:10.1186/1471-213X-9-4