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Analysis of the fifth cell cycle of mouse development

Summary. The 5th cell cycle of mouse development was analysed to determine the lengths of each cell cycle phase. The DNA content of Feulgen-stained blastomere nuclei was measured at various times throughout the cell cycle by microdensitometry. To achieve precise timing of the start of the 5th cell cycle, experiments utilized isolated 16-cell blastomeres and cell pairs obtained by in-vitro division of isolated 8-cell blastomeres. The following estimates were made for a mixed population of polar and apolar 16-cell blastomeres: G₁, 2h; S, 8–9 h; G₂ + M, 2 h. No significant difference was found in the timing of DNA synthesis between polar and apolar cells or between cell pairs and whole embryos.

Keywords: DNA synthesis; fifth cell cycle; mouse embryo

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