Development of complete embryos in drastically deformed leafhopper eggs
Authors:
Otto Vogel
Affiliation:
(1) Institut für Biologie I (Zoologie) der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21a, D07800 Freiburg i. Br., Germany;(2) Present address: Medizinaluntersuchungsamt, Maximineracht 11b, D-5500 Trier, Germany
Abstract:
Summary The egg of the leafhopperEuscelis plebejus was deformed by involuting both egg poles in longitudinal direction until the egg poles touched inside the egg. Even under those conditions a complete germ band with normal sequence of segments may be formed.