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Acid release at meiotic maturation of oocytes in the polychaete annelidSabellaria alveolata

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About 1 pmole of acid per egg is released when prophasic oocytes undergo maturation under the action of sperm, proteases or ionophore A 23187. No similar acid release occurs at fertilization of matured oocytes. These findings are compared with data onUrechis and sea urchin.

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Peaucellier, G. Acid release at meiotic maturation of oocytes in the polychaete annelidSabellaria alveolata . Experientia 34, 789–790 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947329

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