The unfertilized amphibian egg is radially symmetric about the animal-vegetal axis and is arrested in the cell cycle. After fertilization the egg becomes bilaterally symmetric and begins a series of rapid and synchronous divisions. The authors review recent experiments on the acquisition of bilateral symmetry and initiation of the cell cycle.
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