The cell cycle during closure of the neural folds in the C57BL mouse.
An analysis of cellular kinetics during closure of the cranial neural folds in the C57BL mouse at 8 and 9 days gestations was obtained by means of tritiated thymidine autoradiography. At 8 days the short generation time (7.5 h) and high labeling index (61.4%) are evidence of intensive proliferative activity occurring concurrently with significant changes in cell shape and movement during neural fold elevation and approximation.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011247:Pregnancy