title: Studies on cytodifferentiation in the neck region of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum Nitzsch, 1824 (Cestoda, Pseudophyllidea).
abstract: Cytodifferentiation in the neck region of adult D. dendriticum was studied. The highly basophilic germinative cells were found to differentiate into glycogen-containing parenchyma cells and three types of muscle cells. The cytodi-ferentiation was followed with the aid of 3H-thymidine. The differentiation potential of the germinative cells is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D024510:Muscle Development