I am wondering what the egg white becomes as the chick is being formed? I thought the yolk was the food the growing chick survived on in the shell, but what about the egg white?
2007-01-14 23:15:56 · 11 answers · asked by yennydayerman 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The primary purpose of the white is to protect the yolk, but both the yolk and the white or albumin serve as food sources for the developing embryo. Neither the yolk or the white "turn into" anything... they are the nourishment required to fuel the development of the chick. Also... Excerpt...Albumen(egg white) serves as a water reservoir for the early embryo and a source of food for the later embryo; it also contains substances that retard the growth of bacteria. http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab14/biolab14_4.html
Excerpts from Wikipedia.... Egg white is the common name for the clear liquid (also called albumen, poggle, or glair/glaire) contained within an egg. It is the cytoplasm of the egg, which until fertilization is a single cell. It consists mainly of about 10% proteins dissolved in water. Its primary purpose is to protect the egg yolk and also to provide additional nutrition for the growth of the embryo, as it is rich in proteins and is of high nutritional value. Unlike the egg yolk, it contains little fat.
An egg yolk is the part of an egg which serves as the food source for the developing embryo inside. The yolk together with the germinal disc is a single cell. The egg yolk is suspended in the egg white (known more formally as albumen or ovalbumin) by one or two spiral bands of tissue called the chalazae.
2007-01-15 11:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Egg Albumin
2016-12-10 15:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The yolk becomes the chicken.
The white is food for the developing chick.
2007-01-14 23:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by jetero41 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I lived in the US for 10 years and my wife is American, Eggs Is Eggs. Some are white and some are brown just like here.
2016-05-24 04:49:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken gets water and protein from the egg white.
2007-01-14 23:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
empiric sack..it provides the growing chick with need nutrian
2007-01-14 23:22:01 · answer #6 · answered by ScottishhoustonGirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The yoke becomes the chicken, the white provides its nourishment.
2007-01-14 23:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It becomes the chicken
2007-01-14 23:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The amniotic fluid.
2007-01-14 23:24:04 · answer #9 · answered by Teddy Bear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 01:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by stephanie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋