Figure 2

Quantification of the area of the intestinal rudiment during the process of intestinal regeneration. The area encompassed by the thickening of the mesentery was measured in transverse sections. The main growth of the structure begins 3 days after eviscerations. At 10 days a lumen has formed in all animals, thus the black bar at 10 days denotes only the area of tissue (does not include the lumen area), while the gray bar represents the total area of the intestine (including the area encompassed by the lumen). Each point represents the mean percentage ± S.E. of at least 3 animals. *p < 0.05.