Talk:acellular

1935 versus 2004

In a 2004 commentary of a 1935 manuscript, the following passage appears:

"Both cnidarians and ctenphores are basically composed of two epithelial layers, an outer ectoderm and an inner endoderm, separated by a largely acellular, gelatinous mesoglea."

Looking at the original 1935 manuscript, the term "acellular" does not appear in the text. This suggests that the primary sense of "material lacking cells" was not in common use in the 1930s. --

Note that another difference between the commentary and the original is the spelling of the layer in question: mesoglea in 2005 and mesogloea in 1935.

Ceyockey (talk) 04:17, 20 February 2016 (UTC)