Programmed cell death during the earliest stages of spinal cord development in the chick embryo: a possible means of early phenotypic selection.

doi:10.1002/cne.903450305

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Programmed cell death during the earliest stages of spinal cord development in the chick embryo: a possible means of early phenotypic selection.

The Journal of comparative neurology - 15 Jul 1994

Homma S, Yaginuma H, Oppenheim R W

Abstract excerpt

The spatiotemporal distribution of cell death in the chick embryo neural tube and spinal cord (brachial region) was examined between stage (St.) 12 and 22, in plastic semithin sections. Between St. 12 and 16, the total number of pycnotic cells per segment was low, whereas after St. 16 the number...

Topics

Animals
Apoptosis
Bromodeoxyuridine
Chick Embryo
DNA
Immunohistochemistry
Microscopy, Electron
Models, Neurological
Motor Neurons
Phenotype
Plastic Embedding
Spinal Cord

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