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XB-ART-30120
J Embryol Exp Morphol 1983 Aug 01;76:67-81.
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Further analysis of the effect of ultra-violet irradiation on the formation of the germ line in Xenopus laevis.

Thomas V , Heasman J , Ford C , Nagajski D , Wylie CC .


Abstract
Ultra-violet (u.v.) irradiation of the vegetal pole of newly fertilized eggs has three documented effects: reduction of primordial germ cells (PGCs), cytological damage to the vegetal hemisphere and disruption of the normal mechanism by which the vegetal yolk mass induces the formation of the dorsal axis of the embryo. In this study, we find that 90 degrees rotation of the egg for various periods after irradiation rescues the dorsal axial structures but does not restore the number of PGCs found in the dorsal mesentery of the gut; neither is there any correlation between reduced numbers of PGCs and disruption of cleavage at the vegetal pole. We therefore conclude that the effect on the germ line is separate from the other two phenomena. Secondly, 90 degrees rotation of non-irradiated eggs was found to significantly reduce germ cell numbers migrating in the dorsal mesentery of the gut.

PubMed ID: 6685167