Tag Archives | Envelopes of the Egg

All eggs, like any other cells, are of course covered by the cell membrane or plasmalemma. Under the electron microscope the plasmalemma sometimes can be seen to be double, with two layers of electron-dense material about 50 Å thick separated by a less dense interval of about 60 Å. In addition to the plasmalemma, eggs of all animals, with the [...]