Fig. 2. Myogenic cells provide the basis of hyperplastic growth. All images are
from cross sections. (A) Low magnification electron micrograph of a 40-somite
embryo (stage 1, warm regime). Undifferentiated cells assumed to be myogenic
are clustered within the mesenchyme (mes) next to the dorsal apex of the
myotome and attach to the myotome's surface (arrows). Scale bar, 10 µm. (B)
Electron micrograph of two myosatellite cells (SC) inserting between white
fibres (WF) of a larva at first feeding (stage 4, warm regime). Scale bar, 2
µm. (C,D) Presumptive myosatellite cells and activated myosatellite cells
within epaxial muscle of stage-5 larvae (warm regime), as labelled by anti
m-met (C) and anti MyoD (D), respectively (arrows). Scale bars, 50 µm. spc,
spinal cord; nc, notochord; ne, nerve; ep, epidermis; WF, white fibres; RF,
red fibres.