Materials:
male and female Lytechinus variegates
100 mL beakers
sterile syringes and needles
petri dishes with covers
artificial salt water (ASW)
graduated cylinder
glass Pasteur pipets
glass depression slides
ice bucket
aluminum foil
0.5M KCl
14°C incubator
37°C incubator
thermometer
light microspcope
digital camera
Procedure:
1.Obtain
gametes of sea urchins;
store egg in a gently stirred suspension at 22°C,
washing several times with artificial sea water
(ASW)
2.
Collect sperm from sea
urchin and dilute one drop into 10 ml beaker containing ASW.
3.
Prepare three baths of ASW
at 14°C, 22°C (control), and 37° using a water bath or
incubator.
4.
Fertilize all the eggs with
the diluted sperm in a 100 ml beaker.
5.
Once fertilization envelope
has developed, note time.
6.
Transfer fertilized eggs and
30 ml of ASW into three glass dishes according to
appropriate temperature.
7.
Dilute with 30 ml of ASW at
appropriate temperature (14°C, 22°C, and 38°C)
8.
Cover each glass dish and
place into incubator maintaining temperature.
9.
Monitor the progress of
development by taking a small sample and placing it on a
depression slide to be viewed under a light microscope.
10. When 90%
or more of the eggs have completed cytokinesis, note the
time after fertilization and take still photographs.
11. Allow the fertilized embryos to develop for 24 hours.
12. After 24 hours, transfer 1 drop of each of the three
samples onto depression slides.
13. Observe the sample under the light microscope. Take
still photographs and compare embryonic development.
14. 48 hours after fertilization, repeat steps 12 and
13.
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