Article
Intrinsic segmental identity of segmental founder cells of the leech embryo.
Nature - 18 Oct 1990
Martindale M Q, Shankland M
Abstract excerpt
Segmentation occurs in several animal phyla, and the cellular mechanisms generating this structural periodicity vary considerably. In the leech, an annelid worm, segmental founder cells arise through a fixed cell lineage (Fig. 1), and come together in a longitudinally repeating array through a stereotyped pattern of morphogenesis. In this paper we demonstrate that founder cells forced to differentiate in a...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Leeches
- Nervous System
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Stem Cells