Article
Hereditary abnormal activation in Pleurodeles waltl oocytes.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Dec 1993
Collenot A, Aimar C
Abstract excerpt
A mutation which affects the eggs was detected in a Pleurodeles waltl laboratory strain. About 4 to 5 hours after fertilization, i.e. before the first cleavage, mutant eggs exhibited one or more depigmented patches (DP) on the animal hemisphere. Later on, some eggs failed to cleave, or cleaved ab...
Topics
- Animals
- Cleavage Stage, Ovum
- Cytoskeleton
- Female
- Gastrula
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Pigmentation
- Pleurodeles
- Zygote