REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE STIGMA IN MALE GAMETES OF ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) STUDIED BY CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY 1
REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE STIGMA IN MALE GAMETES OF ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) STUDIED BY CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY 1
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共焦激光扫描显微镜研究黄藻雄配子柱头的反射特性1
DOI:
10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00268.x
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
M. Melkonian
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作者:
G. Kreimer;H. Kawai;D. Müller;M. Melkonian
The reflection properties of the stigma in male gametes of Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillw.) Lyngbye were investigated using confocal laser scanning microscopy in the epireflection contrast mode. The complex reflection pattern obtained after optical xy (horizontal) and xz (vertical) sectioning was consistent with stigma ultrastructure as revealed by serial thin sections. The intensity and pattern of the reflection signal varied with the orientation of the cell/stigma to the incident laser light. Maximal reflection occurred only in approximately normal orientation of the stigma to the light source. Focusing of reflected light from an elongated concave depression of the stigma on the region of the flagellar swelling was observed in xy and xz sections of living and fixed gametes. The results indicate the importance of mechanisms (focusing) other than quarter‐wave interference reflection in signal amplification by the eyespot of flagellate algae.