Abstract

ABSTRACT Posterior marginal zone sections with or without Koller’s sickle were cut out of stage X, XI and XII E.G&K blastoderms, labelled with the fluorescent dye rhodamine-dextran-lysine (RDL) and returned to their original location. In control experiments, a similar lateral section of the marginal zone was identically treated. Different blastoderms were incubated at 37°C for different periods and were fixed after reaching stages from XII E.G&K to 4 H&H. The conclusions drawn from the analysis of the distribution pattern of the labelled cells in the serially sectioned blastoderms concern the cellular contributions to both the forming hypoblast and the forming primitive streak. Koller’s sickle and the marginal zone behind it were found to contribute all the centrally located cells of the growing hypoblast. The lengthening pregastrulation PS (until stage 3+ H&H) was found to be entirely composed of epiblastic cells that at stage X were located in a narrow strip anterior to Koller’s sickle. A model is proposed to integrate the results spatially and temporally.

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