Transportation of liquid crystal and CaCO3 vaterite crystal in chicken embryo and early postnatal development. (13th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ling, Guo; Wang, Liyang; Rui, Feng; Li, Zhongguang; Wang, Juan; Ren, Kexing; Zhou, Xin; Ghartey-Kwansah, George; Xu, MengMeng; Jones, Odell; Yan, Guifang; Pan, Yuexin; Bryant, Joseph; Anthony, Donald; Ma, Jianjie; Isaacs, Williams; Xu, Xuehong
• Is Part Of: Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. Volume 647(2017)
• Page Start: 373
• Page End: 384
• Publication Date: 2017-04-13
• Subjects: Embryonic development -- Yolk sac liquid crystal -- Yolk sac-Jejunum/Ileum (YS-J/I) tunnel system -- CaCO3 crystallization; Molecular crystals -- Periodicals; Liquid crystals -- Periodicals; Liquid crystals; Molecular crystals; Periodicals; 548
• DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2017.1289652
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-1406

Abstract

ABSTRACT: During chick embryo development, the liquid crystals appear in more than 20 organs at certain developmental stages, and vanish in early post-natal stage. In this study, we found a complex in embryo, the YS-J/I tunnel system, in charge of transporting the LCs and CCVCs preserved from yolk sac into the embryo. This transportation initiates from yolk sac connecting to central transportation region/reservoir via a main tunnel, spreads radically to various parts of digestive system via sub-tunnels. Our data indicate that the liquid crystals could be the best form of nutrition which is necessary in embryo development and early post-natal development.