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Microgravity and hypergravity effects on fertilization of the salamander Pleurodeles waltl (urodele amphibian).
Biology of reproduction - 1 Aug 2000
Aimar C, Bautz A, Durand D, Membre H, Chardard D, Gualandris-Parisot L, Husson D, Dournon C
Abstract excerpt
Effects of microgravity (microG) on fertilization were studied in the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl on board the MIR space station. Genetic and cytomorphologic analyses ruled out parthenogenesis or gynogenesis and proved that fertilization did occur in microG. Actual fertilization was demonstrated by the analysis of the distribution of peptidase-1 genes, a polymorphic sex-linked enzyme, in progenies...
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