DNA synthesis decline involved in the developmental arrest of the limb buds in the embryos of the slow worm, Anguis fragilis (L.).
Int J Dev Biol
; 36(2): 303-10, 1992 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out to try and detect the biochemical mechanism involved in the developmental arrest of the limb bud in a serpentiform Reptile. Autoradiograpy, following tritiated thymidine incorporation, in embryos of the slow-worm (Anguis fragilis, L.) reveals a strong decrease in the rate of DNA synthesis in the mesodermal cells of the limb bud, after the degeneration of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER); the curve (a function of Gompertz) visualizing this decline shows that the drop in DNA synthesis becomes accentuated just after the degeneration of the AER. This decrease precedes the reduction of the mitotic index, the cell degeneration in the mesoderm and the other regressive changes occurring in the limb bud; it thus appears as the main causative factor of the developmental arrest of the limb bud. Furthermore, these results suggest that one of the functions of the AER would be to maintain a high level of DNA synthesis in the mesoderm underlying the AER in a normal limb bud.
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Assunto principal:
DNA
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Extremidades
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Lagartos
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Dev Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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EMBRIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França