AN ANALYSIS OF THE INACTIVATION OF THE FROG SPERM NUCLEUS BY TOLUIDINE BLUE
Toluidine blue, applied to frog sperm under appropriate conditions, inactivates specifically the sperm nucleus, leaving the extranuclear parts of the cell undamaged. Thus, the dye-treated spermatozoa stimulate eggs to cleave normally, but contribute no chromosomes to the resulting embryos, which de...
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1952
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147314/ |