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Correction of the maternal effect linked to the ac mutation, by injury of the egg, in the salamander Pleurodeles waltlii.

At the gastrula stage, deep irregular furrows appear on the animal hemisphere in embryos arising from ac/ac females and characterize a maternal effect (Beetschen, 1970). Disturbed morphogenetic movements (epiboly and invagination) frequently elicit exogastrulation or anomalies of later embryonic development. Pricking the animal hemisphere of the uncleaved egg with a micropipette prevents the occurrence of anomalies during gastrulation and neurulation in many embryos. Injection of normal oocyte nuclear sap or of normal egg cytoplasm into mutant female eggs does not improve that result. The partial correction of the maternal effect therefore appears to be consecutive to the injury of the cortical cytoplasm and/or the plasma membrane. Assuming that activation could be deficient, an electric shock was applied to freshly laid fertilized mutant eggs. It did not correct ectodermal anomalies but nevertheless seemed to increase the corrective effect of pricking when both treatments were applied.

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Observations on the lateral-line sense organs of the Salamander Neurergus crocatus crocatus Cope (Amphibia: Urodela).

The lateral-line system of the subadult and adult Neurergus crocatus crocatus Cope is retained throughout the life. It is constructed of pear-shaped sense organs or neuromasts which in the subadults are confined entirely to the epidermis with their apices opening distally to the exterior at the general level of the epidermal surface whereas in the adults they are embedded proximally more than halfway in the dermis with their distal apices opening into shallow grooves slightly below the regular epidermal surface. Dimensional differences are also observed between these organs in both stages. The neuromasts are constructed of 4 distinct cell types: sense cells, basal cells, sustentacular cells and mantle cells. These cells differ morphologically, structurally, topographically and functionally. The sense cells are clup-shaped, sensory, central in position and couched among the extremely elongated supporting basal and sustentacular cells, all of which are covered laterally by the extremely slender protective mantle cells. In both the mature and larvae, differences are observed among these cells in their size, number, location and arrangement. The sense organs are richly-supplied and well-nourished with vascular and nervous supplies.

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