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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Regulation of Macromolecular Synthesis during Sea Urchin Development
Maria Letizia VittorelliGiudice GA.m. RinaldiA. ArzoneH. NollI. SalcherV. MutoloV. Matrangasubject
Egg cellLarvaanimal structuresbiologyCell divisionPeriod (gene)ZoologyBlastulamedicine.anatomical_structureHuman fertilizationbiology.animalembryonic structuresmedicinehuman activitiesSea urchindescription
Immediately following fertilization the sea urchin egg enters a period of very rapid cell division that cleaves the egg cell into about one thousand proportionately smaller cells, which form the swimming blastula, i.e. a larval form that is less vulnerable to environmental injuries since it is capable of actively swimming away from them.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-01-01 |