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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 (first image from the left) to contraction pole initiation (2nd and 3rd images from the left) and contraction pole formation (4th image from left).

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© Caballero-Mancebo et al./Nature Physics

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