3-D Zinc Spark Movie (VIDEO)

Northwestern University

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This movie shows zinc being released from the egg during a zinc spark. In this movie, hot spots of fluorescence at the cell surface demonstrate how groups of zinc-rich packages are released from the egg during fertilization, resulting in a zinc spark.

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