Figure 6. Organization of the hypodermis in a newly hatched L1.

Figure 6Organization of the hypodermis in a newly hatched L1

The hyp 7 syncytium covers most of the dorsal surface and parts of the ventral surface of the head and tail. The 12 unfused ventral hypodermal cells, P1/2 to P11/12 are positioned in two parallel rows with each cell across from its bilateral homolog along the ventral midline. In the L1 stage, these cells interdigitate to from a single row of cells on the ventral surface. There are eight seam cells along the each side of the animal, H1 and H2 in the head; V1-V6, along the body; and T in the tail. Anterior is to the right. Reprinted with permission from Wormatlas (http://www.wormatlas.org).

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