The following transgenic mice used in this study were generated previously: EIIa-cre (Lakso et al., 1996 (link)), Wnt1-cre (Danielian et al., 1998 (link)), TOPGAL (DasGupta and Fuchs, 1999 (link)), and Pdx1-cre (Wells et al., 2007 (link)). The Wls floxed mice were crossed to the EIIa-cre, Wnt1-cre, and Pdx1-cre mice to generate conditional mice where Wls would be deleted in the germline, neural crest cells, or pancreatic progenitor cells, respectively. All mouse lines used in this study were genotyped by PCR using primers and protocols described previously. Yolk sacs from staged embryos or tail tips were digested overnight at 55°C in lysis buffer and genomic DNA extracted using a Kingfisher 96 Magnetic Particle Processor.