ABSTRACT
The duration of the phases of the cell cycle during the 1–, the 2– and the 4–cell stage of the Lymnaea egg were determined with [3H]thymidine and with Feulgen cytophotometry. The M, S and G2 phases occupy 48, 27 and 25% of the first three cell cycles. A G1 phase cannot be observed. Only from the 4-cell stage was [3H]thymidine readily incorporated into DNA. The theory that an increase in respiration during the S phase of the 4-cell stage is connected with the energy requirements of DNA synthesis is discussed.
copyright © 1971 by Company of Biologists
1971
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