광학, 주사 및 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 무지개송어(Oncorhynchus mykiss) 성숙난자의 방사대와 난문 및 정자가 난문으로부터 난세포질까지 침투하는 과정의 미세구조를 조사하였다. 무지개송어의 난문은 깔때기 모양의 전정부와 방사대를 가로 지르는 나사선 모양의 도관으로 구성되어 있었다. 난문은 윗부분은 편평하면서 긴 도관 모양을 가지고 있었고, 난문벽은 시계방향(우선형)의 구조를 나타내었다. 난문 주변부에 있는 난표면에는 정자를 접촉시키는 데 필

Ultrastructure of the zona radiata the micropyle and fertilization process in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were examined by light, scanning and transmission microscopes . The egg micropyle of rainbow trout consists of a funnel-shaped vestibule and a tapered canal transversing the zona radiata. The micropyle showed the type with a flat pit leading into a long canal and the micropylar wall showed the clockwise spiral structure. There were a great number of microvilli secreting adhesive materials having trapping function attracting the spermatozoa in the vicinity of micropyle. It was apparent that ridges extended between the projections. In the initial stages of penetration, the spermatozoon still within the micropylar canal attached perpendicularly at its apical tip to the egg surface, then the sperm head was rapidly engulfed by the folded egg surface with its many microvilli. The spermatozoon disappeared from the outer surface of the egg before the fertilization cone completely retracted 250 seconds after insemination. No interconnecting ridges was present in the egg surface. In short, the block to polyspermy to permit entry of a single sperm is considered to be mechanical by the morphological design of the micropyle and fertilization cone.

• Yoon Jong-Man
• Park Hong-Yang