NUCLEAR ELONGATION AND CYTOKINESIS IN DROSOPHILA-MONTANA
NUCLEAR ELONGATION AND CYTOKINESIS IN DROSOPHILA-MONTANA
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(71)90141-2
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
JACOBSON, AG
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作者:
FULLILOVE, SL;JACOBSON, AG
We have used time-lapse cinematography and electron microscopy to studyDrosophila montanaembryos during formation of the cellular blastoderm, which occurs shortly after the twelfth mitotic division of the nuclei.At the end of this division, the 3500 spherical nuclei in the peripheral cytoplasm elongate to 2.6 × their diameter, increasing their volume 2.4-fold. Bundles of microtubules, oriented parallel to the direction of elongation, surround the elongating nuclei. We propose that the tubules serve to constrain the enlarging nuclei so that they elongate rather than becoming larger spheres. Cytokinesis begins as the nuclei elongate, resulting in the simultaneous division of the embryo into 3500 peripheral cells surrounding the internal yolk mass. We observe that some cleavage furrows form through spindles, but most form between asters belonging to adjacent nuclei. These observations support the ideas of Rappaport that furrow initiation results from the interaction of pairs of asters with the egg surface. Some evidence is given for the existence of a system of contractile fibers which may be responsible for furrowing. We demonstrate that there are both slow and fast phases of furrowing, and we present the possibility that there are at least two sources of membrane for furrow growth.