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The Biophysics of Cleavage and Cleavage of Geometrically Altered Cells

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Most of the quantitative and experimentally obtained information about the cleavage mechanism in animal cells comes from studies of echinoderm eggs. No other cells offer the comparable advantages of abundance, size, shape, transparency and the absolute, simple control of division time by fertilization. Their division mechanisms seem similar to those of other eggs, and their appearance differs primarily in the relatively greater size of their asters. Egg cleavage requires energy and force, but useful data on how they are involved are scarce. Investigations have centered on identifying the physical mechanism and determining the role of the visible cell parts.

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Rappaport, R. (1975). The Biophysics of Cleavage and Cleavage of Geometrically Altered Cells. In: Czihak, G. (eds) The Sea Urchin Embryo. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65964-5_12

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