Zinc increases the longevity of unfertilized sea urchin eggs
β Scribed by S. Nakamura; N. Oda; K. Nakamura; R. Kagotani; M. K. Kojima
- Book ID
- 105414267
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 463 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-682X
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## Abstract After fertilization the sea urchin sperm nucleus transforms into the male pronucleus which later fuses with the female pronucleus reβestablishing the diploid genome of the embryo. This process requires remodeling of the sperm chromatin structure including the replacement of the sperm hi