Endosymbionts: factors on egg pattern formation |
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Authors: | W Schwemmler |
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Institution: | 1. Arbeitsgruppe Professor Gottschewski am Max Planck Instut für Immunbiologie, BRD 78 Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 8, Deutschland;2. Biologisches Institut II, Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, BRD 78, Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 9 Deutschland |
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Abstract: | Elimination of the intracellular symbionts of Euscelis plebejus either by X-ray irradiation of the posterior pole of the freshly laid egg or by interruption of egg infection by application of tetracycline or lysozyme to female leafhoppers leads to the production of embryos without abdomens, ‘head-embryos’.Homogenates of symbiont-free eggs and symbiont-containing eggs in the state of invagination have a pH of 7·5±0·2 and 7·0±0·2 and an osmotic pressure (pO) of 8·3±0·2 and 7·8±0·2, respectively. The presence of symbionts leads to a decrease of both the pH and pO.These data indicate that the correct formation of the posterior gradient, necessary for normal abdomen development, is dependent on the presence of endosymbionts at the posterior pole. It is possible that the symbionts change the pH and pO of the posterior gradient. These results are consistent with a hypothetical model of early differentiation of the Euscelis egg. |
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