Cortical granules remaining after fertilization in Xenopus laevis |
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Authors: | M Kotani K Ikenishi K Tanabe |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558, Japan |
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Abstract: | Eggs of Xenopus laevis were examined in an electron microscope at unfertilized egg, 1-cell, 2-cell, 32-cell, and blastula stages. Granules closely resembling cortical granules were observed within the “germinal plasm” as well as in the peripheral cytoplasm of all the eggs examined. A staining method was developed that makes it easier to count cortical granules in thick Epon sections. Light and electron microscope examinations revealed that granules remaining after fertilization possessed morphological characteristics wholly consistent with those of cortical granules of unfertilized eggs. These granules were confirmed to be true cortical granules. |
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