Post-generation now begins in the reorganized and cellulated half; the
cells become changed over into the different layers and organs that make
the new half-embryo. A few hours or a night is sometimes sufficient to
change a hemi-embryo into a whole embryo. The new half-medullary fold
develops from the new ectoderm to supplement the half already present.
The mesoblast appears over the side. Its upper part seems to come from
the uninjured mesoderm that has grown over to the other side, but this
is added to at the free edge by cells that belong to the newly
cellulated part. The new differentiation is, in general, in a
dorso-ventral direction. The lacking half of the archenteron arises in
connection with the half of the archenteron already present in the
hemi-embryo. The yolk cells arrange themselves radially, and a split
appears in the post-generated part, extending from the archenteron of
the hemi-embryo. The split opens, and the new half-archenteron appears.
In general, Roux states, the post-generation of the organs of the
injured half proceeds from the already differentiated germ-layers of the
hemi-embryo. The post-generation begins where the exposed surfaces of
the germ-layers of the hemi-embryo touch the newly cellulated regions of
the injured half.
It is most difficult to account for these post-generative changes, since
the new part has, according to Roux, a double and even a three-fold
origin. The pieces of the old nucleus, he admits, may take a part in the
formation of the new cells; wandering cells migrate from the yolk mass
of the old half into the new, and the cells of the formed germ-layers
may be pushed over to the other side. Since a certain share, and perhaps
a large share, of the new cells comes from the hemi-embryo, it is clear
that, in addition to the power of self-differentiation shown by the
uninjured blastomere, we must also ascribe to it certain _regenerative_
powers, at least to the extent that each kind of cell that comes from it
can give rise in the injured half to cells like itself, and produce
similar structures in the other half.
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