Book - The Development of the Albino Rat

The Development of the Albino Rat - Mus Norvegicus Albinus

MEMOIRS OF THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY No. 5

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALBINO RAT, MUS NORVEGICUS ALBINUS

I. FROM THE PRONUCLEAR STAGE TO THE STAGE OF MESODERM ANLAGE; END OF THE FIRST TO THE END OF THE NINTH DAY

THIRTY-TWO FIGURES

II. ABNORMAL OVA; END OF THE FIRST TO THE END OF THE NINTH DAY

TEN FIGURES

G. CARL HUBER

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,

AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EMBRYOLOGY, THE WISTAR INSTITUTE

OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Reprinted from the Journal of Morphology, Volume 26, No. 2 June, 1915

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Contents

I. FROM THE PRONUCLEAR STAGE TO THE STAGE OF MESODERM ANLAGE; END OF THE FIRST TO THE END OF THE NINTH DAY

Introduction

Material and methods

Ovulation, maturation, and fertilization

Pronuclear stage

Segmentation stages

2-ceIl stage

4-cell stage

8-cell stage

12 to 16-ceIl stage

Summary of segmentation stages, rate, and volume changes

Completion of segmentation and blastodermic vesicle formation

Blastodermic vesicle, blastocyst, or germ vesicle

Late stages of blastodermic vesicle, beginning Oi" entypy of germ layers.

Development and differentiation of the egg-cylinder

Late stages in egg-cylinder differentiation, and the anlage of the mesoderm

Conclusions

Literature cited

II. ABNORMAL OVA; END OF THE FIRST TO THE END OF THE NINTH DAY

Introduction

Half embryos in Manniialia

Degeneration of ova at the end of segmentation

Incomplete or retarded segmentation

Abnormal segmentation cavity formation

Degeneration of ova as a result of pathologic mucosa

Imperfect development of ectodermal vesicle

Two egg-cylinders in one decidual crypt

Conclusions

Literature cited

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