[The specificity of intracellular changes in chick embryo blastoderm during the latent period of embryogenesis]

Yolk inclusions, lipids and polysaccharides found in the chicken embryo blastoderm cells are utilized during the latent period of embryogenesis. The yolk outside the blastoderm is not utilized. A delay in the development of the embryo of first days of incubation is related to a switching over the metabolism from utilizaiton of intracellular nutrient material to assimilation of the extracellular yolk. In the course of morphogenetical movements of the embryo, in the process of gastrulation, took place an increased biosynthesis in the blastoderm cell membranes.