Does ingested albumen stimulate duodenal development in chicken embryos?
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 55 (9) , 1563-1565
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z77-202
Abstract
Duodenal development in adenohypophyseoprivic, partially decapitated, white leghorn chicken embryos (n = 9–41) was retarded more significantly when no albumen was swallowed. Addition of cephalic-region adenohypophyseal, chorioallantoic grafts to operated embryos lessened the degree of retardation. Duodenal protein concentration and body growth parameters of weight and toe length were not affected significantly by albumen. However, alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1.) specific activity and protein content did respond Therefore ingested albumen could normally stimulate these aspects of duodenal development in chicken embryos.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The functional differentiation of the small intestine. I. The accumulation of alkaline phosphomonoesterase in the duodenum of the chickJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1950