Article
Epicardial development in the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum.
The Anatomical record - 1 Feb 1990
Fransen M E, Lemanski L F
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies on avian and mammalian embryos have established that the epicardium is derived, not from the early heart tube, but from mesothelial tissue overlying the sinus venosus. We tested the validity of this concept for Amphibia by examining normal and cardiac lethal (c/c) mutant axolotl embryos (stages 35-43) by electron microscopy. In axolotl embryos, the myocardial surface of the heart remains exposed to...
Topics
- Ambystoma
- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Animals
- Genes, Lethal
- Heart
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mutation
- Myocardium
- Pericardium