Article
Patterns of ionic currents around the developing oocyte of the cockroach, Blattella germanica.
Dev. Biol.
(1990)
Abstract
The development of patterns of current around vitellogenic oocytes of the cockroach, Blattella germanica, was examined by means of a two-dimensional vibrating probe. Previtellogenic oocytes exhibited small unstable currents. Shortly after vitellogenic uptake began (oocytes 0.6-0.8 mm anterior to posterior) currents were either all inward or all outward at the plane of measuiement. A dorsoventral pattern of currents was first observed around oocytes a little larger than 0.8 mm. Current exited dorsally (source) and entered ventrally (sink). In these oocytes source and sink were small, less than half the anterior-posterior length. As oocytes grew, relative sizes of source and sink increased until they extended across the major part of dorsal and ventral surfaces. Many late vitellogenic oocytes had a pattern of dorsal outward current with.a bimodal distribution. At the onset of chorionation measured currents were again small, unstable, and exhibited no well-defined pattern. Current density was greatest during midvitellogenesis
Keywords
- oocyte,
- vibrating probe,
- cockroach,
- Blattella germanica
Disciplines
Publication Date
1990
Citation Information
Joseph G. Kunkel. "Patterns of ionic currents around the developing oocyte of the cockroach, Blattella germanica." Dev. Biol. Vol. 137 Iss. 2 (1990) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph_kunkel/2/