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Zebrafish sperm outsource activation to eggs' protease-activated receptors
Rafael A Fissore1, Emily M Lopes1,2, Francesca Carpentiero1
1Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Plos Biology
|June 18, 2025
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The calcium surge that starts embryogenesis varies across species and is elusive in many. A new study in PLOS Biology shows that zebrafish eggs self-activate, initiating a protease-activated receptor calcium wave and uncovering a novel pathway in egg activation.

