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Development, Vol 104, Issue 2 331-339, Copyright © 1988 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Heat shock causes repeated segmental anomalies in the chick embryo

DR Primmett, CD Stern and RJ Keynes
Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, UK.

A single heat shock, given to 2-day-old chick embryos, can generate multiple but discrete somite and skeletal anomalies. Each of these anomalies is restricted to one, or at the most two, consecutive segments. The anomalies are separated from each other by a distance of 6-7 somites or vertebrae, or a multiple of this distance. These results argue against the 'clock and wavefront' model; while they support the idea of a cellular clock, they are not consistent with a single propagating wave gating cells destined to form each segment. Heat shock also alters the size and number of segments, as well as the rostrocaudal proportions of the sclerotome. The results are consistent with the rostrocaudal fate of sclerotome cells being determined during segmentation. From our observations, we speculate on the implications for regionalization of the vertebral column.


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