Production of fertile eggs and sperms in laboratory-reared amphioxusBranchiostoma belcheri tsingtaunese |
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Authors: | Zhang Shi-cui Zhu Jin-tian Jia Cui-hong Li Guo-rong |
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Affiliation: | (1) College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of Qingdao, 266003 Qingdao, China;(2) Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071 Qingdao, China |
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Abstract: | Althoug hamphioxus has been studied embryologically for over 130 years, little is known concerning the gonadal development of the laboratory-reared animal. The present study in which the amphioxus were sucessfully maintained in the laboratory for more than one year showed that they could produce fertile eggs and sperms like their wild counterparts. Project (39470091) supported by NSFC and partially by Shandong Natural Science Foundation Grant 93D0140. |
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Keywords: | amphioxus gonad development |
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