Open AccessA Note on the Permeability of Trout Eggs to D2O AND H2O
Author(s) -
August Krogh,
Hans H. Ussing
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
journal of experimental biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.367
H-Index - 185
eISSN - 1477-9145
pISSN - 0022-0949
DOI - 10.1242/jeb.14.1.35
Subject(s) - trout , fishery , permeability (electromagnetism) , rainbow trout , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , zoology , chemistry , membrane , biochemistry
Eggs fresh from the oviduct of the female trout take up water, but become impermeable in a few hours. The impermeability lasts for many days, but at the time when the embryo eyes become visible permeability is restored. Oxygen penetrates into the eggs impermeable to water and salts.
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