embryonic wound healing
- Paul Martin
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Confocal image of a slash wound in a chick embryo
showing the actin cable (yellow) in the leading
edge of the basal layer of the epithelium. This
cable draws the epithelium over the underlying
tissue to close the wound. In embryos, wounds heal
without a scar.