GENERAL INDEX 



Except when there might be a misunderstanding, the word 'eggs' has 

 been omitted, e.g. hexokinase means hexokinase in eggs. The word 

 'spermatozoa' has not been omitted in comparable cases. 



Acetate metaboHsm, 79. 



Acetone, as cytolytic agent, loi, 

 102. 



Acet>'lcholine, 89. 



Acid production, of eggs, 56, 63, 

 64, 65-66, 117; of egg homogen- 

 ates, 69-73, 98-99- 



Acrosomal filaments, 7-8, 30. 



Action potential, 131, 124-130; 

 conduction of, 124-127. 



'Action potential', in sea-urchin 

 egg, 128-129. 



Activation, of eggs, definition, i ; of 

 spermatozoa, 22, 32-34. 



ADP, 66. 



ATP, 66, 70, 82. 



ATPase, 82. 



Adjuvants, effect on non-agglutin- 

 ating fertilizin, 25, 29. 



Agglutination, of spermatozoa, 22- 

 35, Plate III; of trypsin-treated 

 red blood cells, 137; of un- 

 fertilized eggs, 34. 



Agglutination titre, 23-24, 138. 



Agglutinins, in sera and body fluids, 

 26-27. 



Albumin, addition to sea water, 3 1 . 



Aldolase, 70, 71. 



Alkaline sea water, effect on c, 136. 



a. See Fertilization rate. 



Amino acids, free, in eggs, 76-77, 



87. 



Ammo acid metabolism, 76-78, 87. 



Ammonia production, 75-76, 86. 



Amphiaster, resistance to deforma- 

 tion, 92. 



Androgamone I (A.I), 22, 37-38. 



II (A.II). See Sperm-anti- 



fertilizin. 



Ill (A.III). See Sperm 



Lysin. 



Anticoagulating action of fertilizin, 



97- 

 Antifertilizin, 21, 22, 34-35. 37- 

 Arginine phosphate, 82. 

 Ascaridin, in sperm head, 85. 

 Astaxanthine, 22, 33. 

 Asters, 15-18. 



Bacterial contamination, of egg 



suspensions, 59, 60. 

 Bee venom, 22, 36. 

 Bicarbonate, effect on O2 uptake of 



eggs, 63, 64. 

 Bioelectric measurements, 124-135. 

 Birefringence, of cortex, 91, loi ; of 



fertilization membrane, 91; of 



hyaline layer, 91, 10 1. 

 Blister formation, in eggs, loi. 

 Block to polyspermy, 13-14, 106- 



115; in mammalian eggs, 114- 



115- 

 Blood clotting, 96. 



Body fluids, agglutinins in, 26- 



27. 

 Boric acid, effect on pollen tube 



growth, 54. 

 Brownian movement, of cortical 



granules, 6. 

 Butyric acid, 80-81. 



c. See Mean speed of sperm sus- 

 pension. 



Calcium, 10, 11, 13, 82-84, 94-99, 

 119, 128, 129; changes in distri- 

 btition during action potential 

 (nerve), 128 ; effect on egg homo- 

 genates, 98-99; in eggs, 83, 129; 

 in egg maturation, 98; in ferti- 

 lizin-antifertilizin reaction, 97 ; 



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