| The bases for and timing of regional specification during larval development in Phoronis. | |
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PMID: 1879606 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A fate map has been constructed for Phoronis vancouverensis. The animal pole of the egg gives rise to the apical plate in the hood of the actinotroch larva. The vegetal pole of the egg marks the site of gastrulation. During the initiation of gastrulation the cells of the animal pole of the embryo are directly opposite those at the vegetal pole of the embryo. The plane of the first cleavage always goes through the animal-vegetal pole of the egg. In about 70% of the cases the plane of the first cleavage is perpendicular to the future anterior-posterior axis of the actinotroch larva; in the remaining cases the plane of the first cleavage is either oblique with reference to, or occurs along, the future anterior-posterior axis of the larva. Following gastrulation catecholamine-containing cells first make their appearance in the apical plate and gut cells first produce esterase. The timing of regional specification in these embryos has been examined by isolating animal or vegetal, anterior or posterior, or lateral regions at different time periods between the initiation of cleavage and gastrulation and examining their ability to differentiate. Animal halves isolated from early cleavage through late blastula stages do not gastrulate and do not form catecholamine-containing cells. When animal halves are isolated with endoderm during gastrulation, they differentiate catecholamine-containing cells. Vegetal halves isolated at the 8- to 16-cell stage gastrulate and form normal actinotroch larvae with esterase-positive gut and catecholamine-containing apical plate cells. When this same region is isolated at blastula stages it does not gastrulate and does not differentiate these cell types. Vegetal halves isolated during gastrulation subsequently form esterase-positive gut cells, but they do not form catecholamine-containing apical plate cells. When presumptive anterior, posterior, or lateral halves are isolated from early cleavage through blastula stages, each half forms a normal actinotroch larva. Lateral halves isolated during gastrulation also form normal larvae. Anterior halves isolated during late gastrulation differentiate only the anterior end of the actinotroch larva. These isolates have a hood with catecholamine-containing apical plate cells and the first part of an esterase-positive gut but lack the anlagen of the intestine and protonephridia. Posterior halves isolated during late gastrulation differentiate only the posterior end of the actinotroch which lacks a hood with catecholamine-containing cells but has an esterase-positive gut, protonephridia, and the anlagen of the intestine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS) |
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Authors:
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G Freeman |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental biology Volume: 147 ISSN: 0012-1606 ISO Abbreviation: Dev. Biol. Publication Date: 1991 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-10-02 Completed Date: 1991-10-02 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372762 Medline TA: Dev Biol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 157-73 Citation Subset: IM |
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Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington. |
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Animals Cell Differentiation Embryo, Nonmammalian / cytology, physiology Gastrula / physiology Invertebrates / embryology* Larva Oocytes / physiology |
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