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Evidence for changes in cell shape from a 2-dimensional to a 3-dimensional substrate

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Chick embryo mesoderm cells were explanted to culture systems in vivo and in vitro and their subsequent movements were correlated with the external morphology as studied by SEM. In vitro cell movements are exaggerations of normal in vivo movements where a 2-dimensional substrate is encountered rather than a 3-dimensional environment.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, England

    Marjorie A. England & Jennifer Wakely

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  1. Marjorie A. England
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The authors are grateful to Mr J. Smith and Mrs S. Bulman who provided excellent technical assistance and to Mr G. L. C. McTurk who skillfully produced the scanning electron micrographs in the Leicester University Scanning Electron Microscope Unit.

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England, M.A., Wakely, J. Evidence for changes in cell shape from a 2-dimensional to a 3-dimensional substrate. Experientia 35, 664–666 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960386

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