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The eggshell is required for meiotic fidelity, polar-body extrusion and polarization of the C. elegans embryo
BACKGROUND: Fertilization restores the diploid state and begins the process by which the single-cell oocyte is converted into a polarized, multicellular organism. In the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, two of the earliest events following fertilization are secretion of the chitinous eggshell and c...
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17042944 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-4-35 |