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Injection of sperm extract mimics spatiotemporal dynamics of Ca2+ responses and progression of meiosis at fertilization of ascidian oocytes
15 Oct 1998
Abstract excerpt
Sperm extract (SE) of the ascidian, Ciona savignyi, injected into oocytes induced repetitive intracellular Ca2+ increases with kinetics consistent with those at fertilization and caused reinitiation and progression of meiosis as in fertilized oocytes with the formation of polar bodies. The Ca2+ response comprised two sets of Ca2+ oscillations separated by 5 minutes and correlated with the first and second meiotic...
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