“…On the other hand, intracellular production of collagen fibres has been supposed i n some reports, namely osteogenic cells i n the fracture callus of the rat (Gothlin & Ericsson, 1970), corneal epithelium of the embryonic chick (Trelstad, 1971), notochordal epithelium of the early chick embryo (Carlson, 1973), periodontal ligaments of the developing mouse, rat, hamster, guinea-pig and rabbit (Listgarten, 1973), and tooth enameloid formation of a fish, Hoplognuthus fasciatus (Inage, 1975). In these tissues only a small amount of collagen fibres was observed to be bounded by thin membrane structure.…”