• DOI:10.1016/0012-1606(75)90029-9
Corpus ID: 27450278

Release of acid and changes in light-scattering properties following fertilization of Urechis caupo eggs.

@article{Paul1975ReleaseOA,
  title={Release of acid and changes in light-scattering properties following fertilization of Urechis caupo eggs.},
  author={M. Paul},
  journal={Developmental biology},
  year={1975},
  volume={43 2},
  pages={
          299-312
        }
}

• M. Paul
• Published 1975
• Biology, Medicine
• Developmental biology

Abstract The release of a fertilization acid, monitored by measuring the pH of egg suspensions, begins within 10 sec of insemination of Urechis caupo eggs. This is 4 min before the vitelline layer begins to elevate and is apparently unrelated to that process. The eggs of two molluscs, Mytilus californianus and Acmaea incessa , do not form a fertilization acid. The acid of Urechis eggs is not accompanied by release of “fertilization” carbohydrate, sulfate, or a nonvolatile weak acid into the… Expand

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