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  • Title: Avian gastrulation and neurulation are not impaired by the removal of the marginal zone at the unincubated blastoderm stage.
    Author: Callebaut M, van Nueten E, Harrisson F, van Nassauw L, Schrevens A, Bortier H.
    Journal: Eur J Morphol; 1997 Apr; 35(2):69-77. PubMed ID: 9253584.
    Abstract:
    In the present study, we removed the whole area marginalis, Rauber's sickle and the peripheral part of the area centralis from unincubated chicken blastoderms (st IV, Vakaet, 1962a). By placing a fragment of a quail Rauber's sickle (functioning as early gastrulation organizer: Callebaut and Van Nueten, 1994) at different places and oriented in different directions on the remaining central part of the area centralis, we observed, after in vitro culture, a normal embryonic development. This indicates that the area marginalis itself is not indispensable for gastrulation and neurulation. Our study also indicates that none of the three elementary tissues (Rauber's sickle, endophyll and upper layer) of the avian unincubated blastoderm present an irreversible functional polarity.
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