Number of cells in diapausing silkworm embryos with different ploidies.
The number of cells in diapausing silkworm embryos of different ploidies was determined. Thermal activation was shown to lead to a decrease in the number of cells in parthenogenetic embryos in comparison with normal, zygotic development. The number of cells in the embryo is a direct function of egg volume and a reciprocal function of embryo ploidy and is affected by the maternal genotype.
D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D010312:Parthenogenesis; D015053:Zygote