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Zinc protection of fertilized eggs is an ancient feature of sexual reproduction in animals

One of the earliest and most prevalent barriers to successful reproduction is polyspermy, or fertilization of an egg by multiple sperm. To prevent these supernumerary fertilizations, eggs have evolved multiple mechanisms. It has recently been proposed that zinc released by mammalian eggs at fertiliz...

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Autores principales: Wozniak, Katherine L., Bainbridge, Rachel E., Summerville, Dominique W., Tembo, Maiwase, Phelps, Wesley A., Sauer, Monica L., Wisner, Bennett W., Czekalski, Madelyn E., Pasumarthy, Srikavya, Hanson, Meghan L., Linderman, Melania B., Luu, Catherine H., Boehm, Madison E., Sanders, Steven M., Buckley, Katherine M., Bain, Daniel J., Nicotra, Matthew L., Lee, Miler T., Carlson, Anne E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32735558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000811

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