Table 2.

Types of [3H]-labeled cells at different survivals

Survival time (hr)Birds (n)Total cellsA cellsB cellsMitosisPicnoticContact
 1–2627027  (100%)006  (22.2%)
 53292  (6.8%)20  (69%)6  (20.7%)1  (3.5%)7  (24.1%)
243166  (37.5%)8  (50%)02  (12.5%)1  (6.3%)
7442619  (73.1%)7  (26.9%)002  (7.7%)
  • Survivals, number of birds, and type of [3H]-labeled cells studied at the four indicated survivals after a single injection of [3H]-thymidine. The number of these cells exposed to the ventricle (contact) and numbers of [3H]-thymidine-labeled mitotic cells are also indicated.