Article
Genetic and cytological control of the asymmetric divisions that pattern the Volvox embryo.
Development (Cambridge, England). Supplement - 1 Jan 1991
Kirk D L, Kaufman M R, Keeling R M, Stamer K A
Abstract excerpt
The highly regular pattern in which approximately 2000 small somatic cells and 16 large reproductive cells (or 'gonidia') are arranged in a typical asexual adult of Volvox carteri can be traced back to a stereotyped program of embryonic cleavage divisions. After five symmetrical divisions have pr...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Chlorophyta
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Models, Biological
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation