Abstract
A new staining procedure reveals outlines of individual, scattered cells within an epithelial monolayer and shows that cells form intimate contacts not only with adjacent cells but also with nonadjacent (and often relatively distant) cells. Cell interactions in the two-dimensional monolayer of the Manduca wing are more complex than originally supposed. Cells extend long basal processes at the time that major changes in epithelial pattern are occurring. The pattern of regularly spaced scale rows in the wing arises from the rearrangement of irregularly distributed scale primordial cells and is probably mediated by short-range and long-range interactions of these epithelial processes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 278-290 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Developmental Biology |
Volume | 116 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Cell Biology