Zebrafish Science Monitor Vol 4(1)

June 10, 1996


EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS

Selected References

Provided by J.P. Trinkaus, Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA

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  • Betchaku, T. and J.P. Trinkaus (1978) Contact relations, surface activity, and cortical microfilaments of marginal cells of the enveloping layer and of the yolk syncytial and yolk cytoplasmic layers of Fundulus before and during epiboly. J. Exp. Zool. 206:381-426.
  • Betchaku, T. and J.P. Trinkaus (1986) Programmed endocytosis during epiboly of Fundulus heteroclitus. Am. Zool. 26:193-199.
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  • Erickson, C.A. and J.P. Trinkaus (1976) Microvilli and blebs as sources of reserve surface membrane during cell spreading. Exp. Cell Res. 99:375-384.
  • Fink, R.D. and M.S. Cooper (1996) Apical membrane turnover is accelerated near cell-cell contacts in an embryonic epithelium. Dev. Biol. 174:180-189.
  • Fink, R.D. and J.P. Trinkaus (1988) Fundulus deep cells: directional cell migration in response to epithelial wounding. Dev. Biol. 129:179-190.
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  • Keller, R.E. and J.P. Trinkaus (1987) Rearrangement of enveloping layer cells without disruption of the epithelial permeability barrier as a factor in Fundulus epiboly. Dev. Biol. 120:12-24.
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  • Trinkaus, J.P. (1973) Surface activity and locomotion of Fundulus deep cells during blastula and gastrula stages. Dev. Biol. 30:68-103.
  • Trinkaus, J.P. (1976) On the mechanism of metazoan cell movements. In The Cell Surface in Animal Development, G. Poste and G.L. Nicolson, eds. Surface Rev. 1:225-329.
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  • Trinkaus, J.P. (1996) Ingression during early gastrulation of Fundulus. Dev. Biol., in press.
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