RESPIRATION AND CELL DIVISION IN THE EGG OF URECHIS CAUPO
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- 1 April 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 98 (2) , 152-160
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1538577
Abstract
The first 3-4 mitotic divisions in the egg of the echiurid worm U. caupo were found to be accompanied by slight (2-3%) increases in respiration. The phenomenon was found at all temps. at which normal development takes place (9-24[degree]C), and it was found with air as well as with oxygen in the diver. The respiration was low or beginning to rise during prophase. It was maximum around metaphase-anaphase, lower during telophase when the cytoplasm divides. In the discussion the expts. are considered in relation to previously recorded observations.Keywords
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