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Abstract
Shortly after local artificial insemination, but well before egg rotation,Xenopus eggs show a wave-like propagation of dark-light-dark zones from the site of sperm entrance. This presumably reflects the movement of the front of cortical granule breakdown.Entities:
Keywords: Fertilization; Surface wave; Time-lapse cinematography; Xenopus egg
Year: 1979 PMID: 28305317 DOI: 10.1007/BF00848113
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Wilehm Roux Arch Dev Biol ISSN: 0340-0794