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Connecting cords are elongated telophase bridges persisting between separating daughter cells. We have studied them with Scanning Electron Microscopy in the upper cell layer of the quail blastoderm where a high mitotic activity accompanied by interkinetic nuclear migration coincides with morphogenetic movements. The predominant orientation of the connecting cords is parallel to the direction of the morphogenetic movements.
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This work was supported by Grant no. 3.9001.81 of the Belgian Fund for Medical Scientific Research (F.G.W.O.)
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Everaert, S., Espeel, M., Bortier, H. et al. Connecting cords and morphogenetic movements in the quail blastoderm. Anat Embryol 177, 311–316 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315838
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