Volume Changes during Mitosis in Pancreatic Acinar Cells of the Rat

摘要

The volume of interphasic and mitotic pancreatic acinar cells of 20-day-old rats was estimated by analysis of drawings from Araldite-embedded serial thick sections. Assuming the average interphase cell volume to be 100%, the volume of prophase cells was 145%, reaching a volume of 180% during anaphase. Postmitotic acinar cell volume was 74%.