Switch in pattern formation after puncturing the anterior pole of Smittia eggs (Chironomidae, Diptera). |
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Authors: | O Schmidt D Zissler K Sander K Kalthoff |
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Affiliation: | Biologisches Institut I (Zoologie) der Universität, Katharinenstrasse 20, D 7800 Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | The aberrant pattern, “double abdomen,” previously induced in the egg of Smittia by uv irradiation of anterior pole regions was also produced by puncturing of the egg at the anterior pole. Double abdomens and embryos with anterior defects developed in eggs in which puncturing had locally prevented the regular arrangement of cleavage nuclei in the periplasm. The resulting gap in the blastoderm at the anterior pole was subsequently closed under exclusion of a small amount of egg material. Double abdomens did not develop in eggs where exclusion of anterior egg material was not observed. Thus a basic switch in the developmental program of the egg appears to depend upon the functional elimination of some crucial components in the anterior egg region. |
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