Table 1.
Morphometric data for embryos of all analyzed species.
| Species | Oocyte Diameter (µm) | Chromosome Number (2n) | Kin/V2cell × 10−4 (kin/µm3) | Vnucleus (µm3) | Spindle Length (µm) | SAC Competence Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chordates | Xenopus laevis | 1000 | 36 | 0.0014 | 3053 [33] | 53.5 [34] | − [5] |
| Danio rerio | 800 | 50 | 0.0037 | − [6] |
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| Ciona intestinalis | 140 | 28 | 0.39 | − this study |
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| Phallusia mammillata | 130 | 16 | 0.29 | 1345 | 20–30 | − this study |
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| Branchiostoma lanceolatum | 130 | 38 [35] | 0.66 | − this study |
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| Echinoderms | Hacelia attenuata | 155 | 44 [36] | 0.45 | + this study |
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| Paracentrotus lividus | 90 | 36 [37] | 1.9 | 1562 | 18 [38] | + this study |
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| Arbacia lixula | 80 | 44 [36] | 3.3 | + this study |
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| Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 80 | 42 [39] | 3.1 | + this study |
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| Sphaerechinus granularis | 110 | 42 [36] | 1.2 | + this study |
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| Mollusks | Mytilus galloprovincialis | 65 | 28 [40] | Small = 6.6 Large = 2.5 |
2393 | + this study |
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| Spisula solidissima | 60 | 28 | 6.7 | + [11] |
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| Arthropods | Drosophila melanogaster | 500 | 8 | 0.018 | + [41] |
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| Nematodes | Caenorhabditis elegans | 50 | 12 | AB = 22 [15] P1 = 17 [15] |
523 [42] | 13 [43] | + [44] |
| Cnidarians | Clytia hemisphaerica | 210 | 30 | 0.12 | 30–35 | + this study |