Investigations on chimaerae of Triton and Bombinator. I. Development of xenoplastic labyrinths and cranial ganglia
Investigations on chimaerae of Triton and Bombinator. I. Development of xenoplastic labyrinths and cranial ganglia
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01487210
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发表时间:
1949-01-01
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1.5
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ANDRES, G.
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ANDRES, G.
Xenoplastic transplantations were carried out either homotopical-ly between neurulae or early tailbud stages or, more frequently, heterotopically between advanced Bombinator gastrulae and early Triton neurulae. transplanting the presumptive ventral ectoderm of Bombinator into the presumptive labyrinth region of Triton. The difference in nuclear sizes between Bombinator. with smaller nuclei, and Triton tissues persists unaltered in the chimaerae. The fate of the implants depended on their size and position. They showed dependent differentiation in the inductive field of the Triton host and often were surprisingly normal in pattern. The xenoplastic ectoderm, under the influence of the induction of the host, formed ear vesicles, ganglionic placodes and derivatives of the neural crest, but no brain, indicating that the ventral ectoderm of the late gastrula has already suffered a considerable diminution of competence. The xenoplastic labyrinth developed always in the manner characteristic of the donor; in some cases development proceeded normally into late larval stages. In older larvae, the xenoplastic labyrinth was enclosed in a capsule of host cartilage, membranous and cartilaginous labyrinth forming a harmonious whole down to the detail of fenestra formation. Xenoplastic auditory ganglia were formed only in connection with xenoplastic ear vesicles, without participation of the neural crest, connecting both with the xenoplastic labyrinth and the host medulla oblongata. Depending on the size of the implant, a varying number of other ganglia developed into chimaeric structures. These also had nervous connections with both host medulla and sensory buds, independent of whether the latter had been formed by host or donor. The xenoplastic Bombinator epidermis developed normally, cooperating harmoniously with the host epidermis in the formation of external gills, but inhibiting the growth of the front legs. Degeneration occurred at an earlier stage than other xenoplastic organs and it finally was phago-cytized and replaced by host epidermis. In most cases, the ectoderm implants formed lateral organs; the individual sensory buds were of the host type even when surrounded by donor epidermis. Often the Triton host induced neural crest in the Bombinator implant The satellite cells of the ganglia and the cells of Schwann's sheath of the cranial nerves were formed at least partially, if not wholly, from neural crest, never from epidermal placodes. Reciprocal transplantations of Triton into Bombinator were less successful; but in several cases they resulted in harmonious structures consisting of a xenoplastic labyrinth, smaller in size than that of the host, and a cartilaginous capsule of host tissue. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: C. Auerbach