Ectoderm promotes differentiation of the presumptive ventral mesoderm in early gastrulae ofBufo arenarum
✍ Scribed by Casal, Fernando H. Campos ;Manes, Mario E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 738 KB
- Volume
- 266
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Cultures of both isolated and conjugated explants from early gastrulae of Bufo arenarum were prepared for a study of the development of ventral mesoderm. Only combinations including components of the deep ventral marginal zone and the animal pole successfully differentiated into blood cells (erythrocytes). Histological studies indicated that, while prospective mesodermal cells constituted the only source of such cells, prospective ectodermal cells provided the necessary stimulus for this kind of differentiation. Differentiated cultures, in which the tracer of cell‐lineage fluorescein dextran amine was used to label these components, confirmed the above conclusions. These findings are discussed in the context of current concepts about the formation of mesoderm. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.