The physiology of fertilization in the medaka (Oryzias latipes).
The physiology of fertilization in the medaka (Oryzias latipes).
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青鳉(Oryzias latipes)受精的生理学。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(56)90011-8
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发表时间:
1956
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
T. Yamamoto
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作者:
T. Yamamoto
ALTIIOVGII extensive studies have been done on the physiology of fertilization in invertcbratc ova, only a few works have appeared on the physiological change occurring in fish eggs at the time of fertilization. This is due to lack of appropriate materials as well as to inadequate methods. It has long been kno\vn that ripe unfertilized ova of teleosts lose their fertilizability within a short period after they are immersed into water in which fish are living. For instance, ripe unfertilized eggs of the medaka (Oryzias latipes), a fresh-water cyprinodont, become incapable of fertilization within a few minutes after they have been immersed into fresh water. For this reason physiological analysis of the fertilization reaction has rarely been performed. Although the “dry method” is excellent for practical use, it is not adequate for the physiological analysis of the fertilization reaction. Runnstrijm [8] seems to have been the first to observe that ova of a salmonid fish long retain fertilizability in an isotonic salt solution. The fertilization reaction in ova of sahnonid fish, however, does not occur in the isotonic solution. The egg of the medaka was found to be isotonic to M 7.5 NaCl [16]. The writer [13, 171 found that unfertilized ova of the medaka retain their fertilization capacity for a number of hours after they have been kept in an isotonic Ringer’s solution (M/7.5 NaCl 100 parts+ M/7.5 KC1 2.0 parts+ M/l1 CaCl, 2.1 parts, pH 7.3 by NaHCO,). Furthermore ova are capable of fertilization and normal development in Ringer’s solution. The female medaka exhibits a maturation cycle of 24 hours and lays a batch of eggs at dawn of every day during the breeding season. In order to obtain ripe unfertilized eggs for research purposes, previously egg-laying females must be isolated from males a day before the experiment is to be performed. It is recommended that females be sacrificed to obtain ripe ova because ordinary stripping method frequently injures ova and causes them to manifest mechanical activation. When ripe ova removed from isolated ovary are immersed into Ringer’s solution, only a few ripe ova (5-6 per cent) exhibit auto-activation while the majority remain unchanged. Non-activated