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On the presence of vitellogenic substances in the starfish, Asterias rubens (L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. J. S. Broertjes ,
P. de Waard  and
P. A. Voogt
J. J. S. Broertjes
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical Animal Physiology, State University of Utrecht, 8 Padualaan, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
P. de Waard
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical Animal Physiology, State University of Utrecht, 8 Padualaan, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
P. A. Voogt
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical Animal Physiology, State University of Utrecht, 8 Padualaan, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Homogenates of pyloric caeca, gonads, spermatozoa and eggs from the starfish Asterias rubens were fractionated by gel filtration chromatography.

It appeared that a glycolipoprotein fraction, present in oocytes and gonads of female animals, is absent in spermatozoa and gonads of male animals.

The possible role in vitellogenesis of this fraction and of a more omnipresent one is discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 261 - 269
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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