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Quail limb mesenchyme containing myogenic cells of somitic origin were transplanted into chick limb buds to determine whether cell movement might play a role in avian limb myogenesis. In general, cell displacement was not detected 1-day after implantation: all quail cells were found at the graft site. Migration was evident 2-days after implantation but not all cell types were capable of movement; myogenic cells were very invasive while chondrocytes were relatively immobile. The spreading of myogenic cells was discernible up to 4-days after implantation and specifically in a proximodistal direction towards the apex of the limb.
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Lee, K.K.H., Ede, D.A. A study on skeletal myogenic cell movement in the developing avian limb bud. Anat Embryol 180, 293–300 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315887
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