[Cellular degeneration in the apical crest of the limb bud of the moorish turtle (Testudo graeca L., Chelonian)].
Intracytoplasmic degeneration bodies are present early in the cells of the apical ridge of the limbbud in embryos of Testudo graeca; next, they are obvious in the apical fold till formation of the analgen of the fingers. This cell death may be responsible for a certain rudimentation of the limb (reduction of length of phalanges) in this species of Turtle.
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002470:Cell Survival; D003593:Cytoplasm; D005552:Forelimb / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D014426:Turtles / Q000196:embryology*
Dégénérescence cellulaire dans la crête apicale de l'ébauche du membre de la Tortue mauresque (Testudo graeca L., Chélonien)