Calcium dynamics during fertilization in C. elegans

Citation:

Samuel, A.D.T., Murthy, V.N. & Hengartner, M.O. Calcium dynamics during fertilization in C. elegans. BMC Developmental Biology 1, 8 (2001).

Abstract:

Of the animals typically used to study fertilization-induced calcium dynamics, none is as accessible to genetics and molecular biology as the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Motivated by the experimental possibilities inherent in using such a well-established model organism, we have characterized fertilization-induced calcium dynamics in C. elegans.

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