Cinematographic observation of an "activation wave" (AW) on the locally inseminated egg ofXenopus laevis.

Wilehm Roux Arch Dev Biol

Hubrecht Laboratory, Universiteitscentrum "De Uithof", Uppsalalaan 8, Ultrecht, The Netherlands.

Published: March 1979

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.

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