MAINTENANCE OF NORMAL STRUCTURE IN HETEROPLOID SALAMANDER LARVAE, THROUGH COMPENSATION OF CHANGES IN CELL SIZE BY ADJUSTMENT OF CELL NUMBER AND CELL SHAPE
MAINTENANCE OF NORMAL STRUCTURE IN HETEROPLOID SALAMANDER LARVAE, THROUGH COMPENSATION OF CHANGES IN CELL SIZE BY ADJUSTMENT OF CELL NUMBER AND CELL SHAPE
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10.1002/jez.1401000310
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1945-01-01
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FANKHAUSER, G
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FANKHAUSER, G
Polyploid larvae of Triturus viridescens and other spp. of salamanders are of approx. normal size because the size of the nuclei and cells, which increases in proportion to the chromosome number, is neutralized by a corresponding decrease in the number of cells. In haploid larvae, an increase in cell number brings about at least a partial compensation of the smaller cell size. In organs with single cell layers, normal dimensions and structure are maintained by changes in cell number combined with changes in the shape of the individual cells which show a progressive flattening with increase in chromosome number. The diam. of the wall of the pronephric tubules and pronephric ducts, and the thickness of the epithelium of the lens thus remain about the same from the haploid to the pentaploid levels. In the retina of young pentaploid larvae the number of rows of cells is reduced to about one-half of that in the diploid. The single layer of nuclei of the visual cells retains the same diam. because the pentaploid nuclei are much wider in proportion to their height than the diploid. These observations show that in the amphibian embryo both cell number and cell shape may be modified to allow the formation of organs of normal size and structure. This indicates that both are subject to some control by the developing organism.