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CALCIUM EXPLOSIONS AS TRIGGERS OF DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Jaffe Lionel F.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1980.tb15971.x
Subject(s) - calcium , interim , context (archaeology) , cytoplasm , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , political science , paleontology , organic chemistry , law
S ummary A few years ago, Gilkey et al . showed that the development of medaka fish eggs begins with a free calcium explosion within the cytoplasm. This paper summarizes those findings; provides an interim report on the effects of injecting calcium and hydrogen ion buffers into medaka eggs; reviews recent evidence of similar calcium increases in other activating eggs, as well as sperm and oocytes (T able 1); and attempts to put these explosions in a broader context (F igures 1 and 4).