The gamone of Fucus vesiculosus

✍ Scribed by J.R. Hlubucek; J. Hora; T.P. Toube; B.C.L. Weedon

• Book ID: 104228261
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 92 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)96966-1

✦ Synopsis

The mature eggs of the common seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus wd F. serratus release into seawater small amounts of volatile material which attracts the motile spermatozoa.' Since the latter are sensitive only to a concentration gradient of the 'gamone', the mechanism of this striking phenomenon may be primarily physical. 192