Ultrastructural changes of the protein bodies in Glycine max during early germination were studied. There were no major morphological changes in protein bodies within 3 days after the imbibition, but from the 4th day the expanse of protein bodies could be observed. In subsequent stages, the aggregation of protein bodies coalesced into a large mass and then less electron-dense material in the central part of the cell. At last it bacame highly vacuolated.