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Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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Formation of the contraction pole. Microscopic time-lapse of cell shape changes in ascidian oocytes after fertilization: From an unfertilized egg to contraction pole initiation to contraction pole formation to contraction pole absorption.

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©Caballero-Mancebo et al./Nature Physics

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