Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 17-32

Journal: Journal of Neurobiology

Volume number: 26

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0022-3034

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480260103

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
We studied the birth times of neurons of labellar taste sensilla in blowflies using incorporation of the thymidine analogue 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) as an indicator of birth time. We found that one of the two main sensillum types, the taste papillae, arise according to a clear spatial gradient of birth times, whereas the other sensillum type, taste hairs, arise without any apparent spatial ordering. Within each sensillum type, there was a strong tendency for either all or none of the neurons to have incorporated BrdU. Among those rare sensilla in which only some of the neurons incorporated BrdU, there were clear patterns of the distribution of labeled and unlabeled neurons per sensillum. These results suggest that subsets of the neurons of a sensillum are siblings, and thus argue against the possibility that the several neurons of a sensillum arise from a single stem cell precursor through repeated asymmetrical divisions.

Harvard Citation style: Pollack, G. and Lakes-Harlan, R. (1995) Birth times of neurons in labellar taste sensilla of the blowfly Phormia regina, Journal of Neurobiology, 26(1), pp. 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480260103

APA Citation style: Pollack, G., & Lakes-Harlan, R. (1995). Birth times of neurons in labellar taste sensilla of the blowfly Phormia regina. Journal of Neurobiology. 26(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480260103