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finding:enlarged-polyploid-cells-produce-normal-sized-kidney-tubules-by-adjusting-cell-number-and-using-cytoskeletal-bendingEnlarged polyploid cells produce normal-sized kidney tubules by adjusting cell number and using cytoskeletal bending
Shows diverse molecular mechanisms serve higher-level anatomical specification despite radical changes in cell size and quantity.
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extracted_from(2023) · Clawson, Wesley P. · Levin, Michael
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- Authors' central interpretive assertion: genome specifies cell-level components but outcome is product of dynamics not easily predicted from genetic sequence.
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- Newt kidney tubules maintain correct lumen diameter through cell number adjustment and single-cell self-wrapping in polyploid conditions.
- Newt kidney tubules maintain correct lumen diameter despite ploidy-induced cell enlargement via number and wrapping adjustments.
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- From Fankhauser 1945; illustrates top-down control where large-scale morphology is maintained despite drastically wrong cell size.
- Fankhauser 1945 finding on anatomical regulation despite ploidy changes.
- Shows multi-scale anatomical homeostasis using different cellular mechanisms.
- Polyploid newt kidney tubules use fewer, larger cells to maintain identical organ-level structurefinding0.840Illustrates that anatomical goals are pursued via flexible molecular mechanisms rather than fixed cell-count programs.
- When cell size was doubled, tubules used fewer cells; when quadrupled, a single cell formed the tubule by cytoskeletal deformation, maintaining correct lumen diameter.
- Extreme example of regulative flexibility.