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Adjacent surfaces of a polar and an apolar cell in a morula

Very high power TEM of adjacent surfaces of a polar and an apolar cell in a stage 2 morula in vitro (original magnification x158,000) 96-120 hours post-insemination . Notice long, tight junctional region (TJR) with an intercalated gap junction (G). Arrowheads indicate sites of tight membrane contact.

From: Gualtieri et al., 1992. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, John Wiley & Sons.

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Keywords: apolar cell, gap junction, intercalated gap junction, morula, polar cell(s), stage 2 embryo, tight junction


Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.