title: Volume changes during mitosis in pancreatic acinar cells of the rat.
abstract: The volume of interphasic and mitotic pancreatic acinar cells of 20-day-old rats was estimated by analysis of drawings from Araldite-embedded serial thick sections. Assuming the average interphase cell volume to be 100%, the volume of prophase cells was 145%, reaching a volume of 180% during anaphase. Postmitotic acinar cell volume was 74%.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D008938:Mitosis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology*