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Development, Vol 112, Issue 2 431-438, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Dye-coupling and the formation and fate of the hypoblast in the teleost fish embryo, Barbus conchonius

P Gevers and LP Timmermans
Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

The present report describes Lucifer Yellow (LY) transfer between the syncytial layer of the yolk cell (YSL) and blastodermal cells during epiboly in the teleost fish Barbus conchonius. The fate of a group of labeled cells is described until germ layer formation. At the onset of epiboly, LY seems to be transferred from the YSL to all blastodermal cells. Between 10% and 40% epiboly, dye-coupling appears to be restricted to the marginal region. Within 60 min individually labeled cells are distributed among unlabeled cells within the blastoderm. Between 40% and 60% epiboly, we observed a ring-shaped group of labeled cells, which probably have involuted during early gastrulation. Consequently, this cell group may correlate with the leading edge of the hypoblast layer within the germ ring. At 60% epiboly and later, the blastodermal cells are dye-uncoupled from the YSL. A gradual translocation of the ring-shaped hypoblast towards a dorsally located bar-like structure is observed between 50% and 100% epiboly. At 100% epiboly, fluorescent cells were located in contact with the YSL within the embryo proper, with the brightest fluorescence in the future head region. The translocation is due to dorsalwards convergent cell movements during the gastrulation process. The appearance of the hypoblast as a dye-coupled cell layer may correlate with some restriction in cell fate since the hypoblast differs in fate from the epiblast.


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