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ArticlePLoS biology2025

Zebrafish sperm outsource activation to eggs' protease-activated receptors.

Rafael A Fissore, Emily M Lopes, Francesca Carpentiero

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Article in PLoS biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rafael A FissoreDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Emily M LopesDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Francesca CarpentieroDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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OvumReceptors, Proteinase-ActivatedSpermatozoaZebrafishAnimalsCalciumCalcium SignalingFemaleMaleZebrafish ProteinsCalciumReceptors, Proteinase-ActivatedZebrafish Proteins

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PMID40531842
PMCPMC12176225

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