Abstract
Heat transfer rate was used as an analog in determining the effect of embryonic movement on diffusion rates through gelatinous egg masses of the opisthobranch mollusc Haminoea sp. Egg masses containing spinning embryos had thermal conductivities (and, by analogy, diffusion rates) at least 7.6% greater than egg masses containing non-spinning embryos. Spinning may thus provide a mechanism that increases the rates of diffusion-limited processes in the developing embryo.
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