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Sizes of yolk platelets were measured in sections of oocytes and embryos in Xenopus. It was found that the average size of the largest group of platelets in cells differed between germ layers of neurulae. It was small (3 to 5 μm) in the ectoderm, medium-sized (5 to 8 µm) in the mesoderm, and large (over 8 μm) in the endoderm. Platelets of these size classes formed layers in egg, the yolk gradient, by the end of oocyte maturation. The yolk gradient contained products of the mitochondrial cloud and a part of the germinal vesicle material at certain positions. The layers of small, medium and large platelets in the egg changed their locations to distribute to the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm of neurulae, respectively. The yolk layers in the egg thus represented different prospective fates, and a figure describing the locations of these layers could be regarded as a fate map for the one-cell stage. Most of the marginal blastomeres of embryos at cleavage stages consisted of a few parts with different prospective fates. Results were discussed with reference to available fate maps for cleavage stage embryos.
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