Abstract
The ultrastructural localization of calcium in the presumptive ectodermal cells of gastrulae of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, was examined by cytochemical methods and X-ray microanalysis (XMA). The cells were fixed with solutions that contained potassium oxalate, potassium ferricyanide and potassium pyroantimonate to preserve the localization of intracellular calcium in situ and for the analysis of electron density due to calcium. Electron-dense deposits associated with the localization of calcium were observed under the electron microscope. Specificially, pigment granules, round vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria as well as the extracellular matrix were observed to contain calcium. In addition, XMA clearly demonstrated the localization of calcium in all of these electron-dense organelles and yolk granules.
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