Experiment
- Experiment
- A.003
- Experiment
- Fertilisation and cytoplasmic reorganisation in amphibian
fixing, the development of Xenopus laeviseggs 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
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Automatic
Experiment Container
Biorack
Dorso-ventral polarity
Xenopus leavis
Egg preservation
- Objectives
- Investigation of the role of gravity in determination of the
dorso-ventral axis in the developing embryo of Xenopus Laevis.
- Reference
- SRON annual report 1989 pg 138 - 141.
- Subject of investigation
- Process research
- Subject name
- Amphibian egg fertilisation
- Subject description
- Xenopus laevis
- Specific method
- Automatic Experiment Container
- Results
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- Xenopus eggs are monospermically fertilized in microgravity;
- Newly fertilised eggs can survive re-entry, but develop abnormally
- Funding agency
- ESA,
SRON
- Launcher
-
Maser sounding rocket
- Mission
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Maser-3
- Facility
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TEM-06-15
- Duration
- 420 sec
- Equipment
- Automatic Experiment Container
- Success
- Yes.
- Pictures
- Automatic Experiment Container
- Video
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Embryonic development of Xenopus Leavis
- General
- Related experiments:
- On STS 61A (1985)
- On Texus-3 (1988)
- On IML-1 (1992)
Extracted from a prototype of the Dutch Microgravity Compact Disc