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Preparation of Primary Myogenic Precursor Cell/Myoblast Cultures from Basal Vertebrate Lineages
Published on: April 30, 2014
[Muscle formation in the sexual genetation of Intoshia variabili (Orthonectida)]
Abstract:
Muscle formation in Intoshia variabili (Orthonectida) has been studied in the course of development of the sexual (free-living) specimen. The muscle system originates in the early embryogenesis as a distinct continuous layer located between the outer cell layer and the inner cell mass. Later this cell layer disintegrates into separate muscle strips. The presence of a distinct muscle system in Orthonectida and the pattern of its development evidences for placing this group into Triploblastica rather than into Diploblastica.
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