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Cell Shape Regulation and Cell Cycle in Embryonic Lens Cells

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EYE lens development in the chicken embryo begins with transformation of the ectoderm destined to become lens from a low cuboidal to a high columnar epithelium. Simultaneously the nuclei pass to the basal poles of the cells. This ‘palisading’1 gives the lens anlage a regular appearance, but individual cells may deviate considerably from the columnar shape, largely because of their replicative behaviour.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Childrens Hospital Medical Center,

    R. W. HENDRIX & J. ZWAAN

  2. Department of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    R. W. HENDRIX & J. ZWAAN

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HENDRIX, R., ZWAAN, J. Cell Shape Regulation and Cell Cycle in Embryonic Lens Cells. Nature 247, 145–147 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247145a0

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