OXYGEN AVAILABILITY AND GROWTH OF THE CHICK-EMBRYO
OXYGEN AVAILABILITY AND GROWTH OF THE CHICK-EMBRYO
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DOI:
10.1016/0034-5687(81)90091-8
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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WELCH, JE
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METCALFE, J;MCCUTCHEON, IE;WELCH, JE
Two experiments were performed using White Leghorn eggs incubated in 50% humidity, at 38.degree. C and an average barometric pressure of 747 torr. In 1 experiment eggs in the experimental group were each half covered with a neoprene membrane, reducing the diffusing capacity by .apprx. 20%, and incubated in 21% O2. In the 2nd experiment the experimental eggs were incubated (uncovered) in 60% O2. Control eggs were incubated (uncovered) in 21% O2 simultaneously with the experimental eggs in each study. A relationship between egg surface area (calculated from weight of the freshly laid egg) and embryo weight at 18 days was confirmed for all 3 groups. When comparisons were made among the groups, there was significant retardation of embryonic growth in the half-covered eggs; embryos from eggs incubated in 60% O2 were significantly heavier at 18 days than control eggs incubated in air. The fact that embryo growth can be accelerated by incubation of the egg in 60% O2 suggests that the O2 tension in blood leaving the chorioallantoic capillaries normally limits the rate of embryonic growth for the first 18 days of incubation in this species.