Table II.

Nurse Cell Nuclei: Surface Area and Volume

Stage		Surface area ± SEM				Volume ± SEM				Number of nuclei
		μm2				μm3				n
5		209		± 215		1,518		± 470		2
9		1,504				1,449				1
10A		1,492				3,157				1
10 B		4,507		± 666		10,098		± 1,462		7
11		13,683		± 3,703		7,327		± 1,668		3
12		11,403		± 2,378		5,940		± 698		3
snX2		11,166		± 3,190		5,886		± 0		2

The surface area and volume of nurse cell nuclei from different stages in oogenesis were estimated from electron micrographs as described in Materials and Methods. The values given are ± SEM. The number of nuclei analyzed for each group (n) is also given.