Fertilisation of a Fucus serratus egg by sperm of the same species.

S Siméon et al.

DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.v425 Published: Jul 20, 2017 Views: 4857

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The male gametes are motile and clearly visible as small cells actively swimming in the vicinity of the immotile female egg. Flagella on the male gametes can be detected. The egg is approximately 80 µm large.

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Isolation of Fucus serratus Gametes and Cultivation of the Zygotes
Siméon, A. and Hervé, C. (2017). Bio-protocol 7(14): e2408.
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2408.

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Keywords

Asymmetric cell division, Developmental biology, Brown algae, Fucus serratus, Zygotes, Embryogenesis

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