[Forms of cell destruction during the course of embryonic liver development in chickens]

Physiological cell destruction in organogenesis of chick embryo liver was studied during 3-20 days of incubation. It was stated that during embryonic development of the chick embryo liver, physiological cell destruction occured by two ways: karyolysis and karyopycnosis, the former being of greater importance than the latter. Stages of these processes and their changes in the course of the liver development were discussed.