Fig 15. Nuclear remnants have many configurations without the nuclear envelope.

A. and B. Two examples of globular remnants where no trace of the nuclear envelope is visible and yet the nucleoplasm forms micron sized aggregates composed of fine particles that have similar textures to the adjacent cytoplasm. Definitive structural data is not available to characterize the final stages of breakdown except to note that the larger aggregates appear to be shedding small dense particles around the surface (arrows). Note the absence of vesicles, intercellular processes and organelles, as well as the prominent irregular cell shapes in this region within the organelle-free zone. Day 15 lenses about 700 μm from the capsule-fiber cell interface.