New Images Show Sparks Literally Fly When Egg And Sperm Unite
We ’ve all felt that metaphorical spark when we connect with someone , but when a sperm connects with an egg , it seems that sparks quite literally do vanish . Using a combination of sophisticated imagery and single-valued function techniques , a team of researchers in the US has , for the first time , captured and measured the molecular firework display that occurs in mammal concisely after fertilisation , offering novel insight into these events ....