title: A study on skeletal myogenic cell movement in the developing avian limb bud.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ede
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002678:Chimera; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000196:embryology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011784:Quail; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous