Scanning electron microscopy of lithium-induced exogastrulae of Xenopus laevis
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- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Development
- Vol. 36 (3) , 513-522
- https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.36.3.513
Abstract
Lithium-induced exogastrulae are abnormal embryos which fail to complete gastrulation and do not form normal neural structures. Scanning electron microscopy has been used to compare the surface structure of the ectoderm cells of exogastrulae with that of the ectoderm cells of normal embryos and has shown that the appearance of ciliated cells is delayed in exogastrulae. In addition, the surface structure of endoderm cells, which remain exposed in these embryos, has been studied.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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