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The fate map of the chick forelimb-bud and its bearing on hypothesized developmental control mechanisms

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Carbon particles and isotopic quail grafts were used as markers to study the salient features of the fate map of the chick forelimb between stages 20 and 27. The grafting technique confirmed the reliability of the carbon method: they both revealed striking asymmetries in which apical mesodermal tissue was progressively displaced in a proximal direction (as would be expected on the basis of growth by net apical addition of tissue) but also in a preaxial direction, while postaxial tissue became elongated in the direction of limb outgrowth. Ectoderm showed a similar preaxial-postaxial asymmetry but became displaced from initially underlying mesoderm. In marked contrast to mesoderm, distal ectoderm remained at a constant distance from the apical ectodermal ridge (or became incorporated into it), thus implying that the ectodermal sheet is anchored distally and grows by uniform stretching proximally. Within the ectoderm itself, the outer peridermal layer is displaced distally relative to the underlying epidermal basal layer. Peripheral mesoderm showed patterns of displacement which were intermediate between those of ectoderm and chondrogenic core mesoderm. It is argued that such morphogenetic phenomena are integral components of developmental mechanisms of significance in the control of pattern generation. Implications of the interpretation and use of the fate map in relation to theories of limb development, particularly those based on mechanisms defined in terms of limb axes, are reviewed.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Penglais, SY23 3DA, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, United Kingdom

    J. Bowen & J. R. Hinchliffe

  2. Department of Anatomy, South Parks Road, OX1 3QX, Oxford, United Kingdom

    T. J. Horder

  3. Department of Anatomy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    A. M. F. Reeve (Nuffield Dominion Domonstrator)

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Bowen, J., Hinchliffe, J.R., Horder, T.J. et al. The fate map of the chick forelimb-bud and its bearing on hypothesized developmental control mechanisms. Anat Embryol 179, 269–283 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326592

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