Fig. 18. Very high power TEM of the junctional complex (JC) between two trophoblast cells of a stage 3 embryo in vitro, 145-170 hours post-inseminations (original magnification x27,000). Intercellular junctional complexes link trophoblast cells.

BC, blasotocystic cavity.

(From: Lopata, Kohlman, and Kellow, 1982. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, John Wiley & Sons.)

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