A fine structural analysis of eight-day chicken comb and comb- feather chimeras / by Linwood McAuley Sawyer.
| Author/creator | Sawyer, Linwood McAuley, 1949- author. |
| Other author | Lawrence, Irvin E., Jr., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Biology. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1973. |
| Description | 54 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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| Subjects |
| Scope and content | Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in 8-day chick skin were studied in chimeras prepared for electron microscopy. Chimeric grafts were formed by enzymatic separation and recombination of comb epidermis on feather dermis and feather epidermis on comb dermis. The chimeras were grown on the chorioallantoic membrane tor 24, 48, and 72 hours. Enzymatic separation of the tissues removed the basal lamina. The dermal fibroblasts did not retain their characteristic epidermally oriented pattern. Microfilament bundles in the fibroblasts were affected, and collagen was disorganized. After recombination the basal lamina was gradually reformed, dermal cells resumed their normal oriented pattern and anchor filaments were also modified. Since acid mucopolysaccharides have been implicated in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, ruthenium red was used to demonstrate their presence. Acid mucopolysaccharides were observed in the basal lamina of 8-day comb epidermis, but were not apparent in the basal lamina of 8-day feather epidermis. These morphological findings provide further evidence for an inductive role for epidermis at o days. This inductive activity may be expressed through differences in the matrix material. |
| General note | Submitted to the faculty of the Department of Biology. |
| General note | Advisor: Irvin E. Lawrence, Jr. |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 1973 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 25-28). |
| Genre/form | dissertations. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |