THE REGENERATION OF FINS AND FIN RAYS IN FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
THE REGENERATION OF FINS AND FIN RAYS IN FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
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DOI:
10.1002/jez.1401360306
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
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通讯作者:
STAGG, MW
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作者:
GOSS, RJ;STAGG, MW
The fins of Fundulus heteroclitus regenerate by the terminal accumulation of undifferentiated cells derived from the connective tissue immediately proximal to the level of amputation. Osteoblasts which normally line the surfaces of the dermal fin rays, also migrate into the blastema where they are responsible for giving rise to the regenerated rays. Bone deposition originally occurs immediately beneath the epidermal basement membrane. Denervated fins, in the absence of regeneration, exhibit limited regression. The complete extirpation of ventral halves of fin rays from amputated fins results in the regeneration of correspondingly deficient structures. When parts of fin rays are removed for short distances behind the level of amputation, ray regeneration proceeds normally from the more proximal level. Additional fin rays transplanted to the inter radial regions of subsequently amputated fins bring about the formation of corresponding extra rays in the regenerate. It is concluded, therefore, that ray regenerates are formed only under the influence of osteoblasts derived from pre-existing ray stumps. When distal or middle portions of fin rays are removed from otherwise intact fins, the rays are replaced by distally directed growth from the proximal ray stumps. Because of interrupted innervation, ray regeneration in a proximal direction from distal stumps is either lacking or considerably retarded.