Experiment
- Experiment
- A.002
- Experiment
- Fertilisation and cytoplasmic reorganisation in amphibian
fixing, the development of Xenopus laevis eggs fertilised
in microgravity.
- Primary investigator
- G.A. Ubbels
- Co-investigator
- T. Brom, J.M. Narraway, W. Berendsen, S. Kerkvliet
- Contact point
- Hubrecht Laboratory (NIOB)
- Category
- Life Sciences
- Main research area
- Developmental Biology
- Keywords
- Automatic Experiment Container
Biorack
Dorso-ventral polarity
Xenopus leavis
Egg preservation
- Abstract
- During the
TEXUS-17
sounding-rocket flight, 8 containers, each
loaded with 30 eggs and a testis and different salt solutions,
were activated in a specially constructed air-tight, aluminium
box, which provided perfect insulation during the experiment.
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- Objectives
- Investigation of the role of gravity in determination of the
dorso-ventral axis in the developing embryo of Xenopus Laevis.
- Reference
- ESA E507
- Subject of investigation
- Process research
- Subject name
-
Amphibian egg fertilisation
- Subject description
- Xenopus laevis
- Specific method
- Automatic Experiment Container
- Results
- A first analysis has revealed various structures on the animal
cortex, which, according to the literature, can be assumed to
be connected with sperm penetration in various stages of
development. This conclusion is further substantiated by a
light microscopic analysis of ....
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- Funding agency
-
NIVR,
SRON
- Launcher
- Texus sounding rocket
- Mission
- Texus-17
- Facility
- TEM-06-15
- Duration
- 403 seconds (microgravity time)
- Equipment
-
Details of Experiment Container
- Success
- Yes, first fertilisation of Xenopus eggs under microgravity circumstances.
- Video
-
Embryonic development of Xenopus Leavis
- General
- Related experiments:
- On STS 61A (1985)
- On Maser-3 (1989)
- On IML-1 (1992)
Extracted from a prototype of the Dutch Microgravity Compact Disc