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Development, Vol 110, Issue 4 1209-1221, Copyright © 1990 by Company of Biologists
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LG Tilney, TJ Cooke, PS Connelly and MS Tilney
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) gametophytes when grown in the dark form a linear file of cells (one-dimensional) called a protonema. In the light two-dimensional growth occurs which results in a heart-shaped prothallus one cell thick. The objective of this paper is to relate the most common pattern of cell division observed in developing gametophytes to the formation of the plasmodesmatal network. Since the prothalli are only two dimensional, we can easily determine from thin sections the total number and the density (number per unit surface area) of plasmodesmata at each developmental stage. As the prothallus grows the number of plasmodesmata increases 50-fold in the apical or meristematic cell. This number eventually reaches a plateau even though the density continues to increase with each new cell division. What is particularly striking is that both the number and density of plasmodesmata between adjacent cells is precisely determined. Furthermore, the pattern of plasmodesmata distribution is predictable so that (1) we can identify the apical meristematic cells by their plasmodesmata number, or density, as well as by their size, shape and location, (2) we can predict, again from plasmodesmata number, the location of a future wall of the apical cell prior to its actual formation, (3) we can show that the density of plasmodesmata in the triangular apical cell of the prothallus (14 plasmodesmata microns-2) is comparable to those reported for secretory glands which are known to have high rates of plasmodesmatal transport and (4) we can show that once the plasmodesmata have been formed during division, no subsequent change in the number of plasmodesmata occurs following cell plate formation.
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