Fertilization promotes a calcium surge necessary to ensure the success of embryonic development. It seems that calcium activates apparently opposite molecular signalling pathways to achieve that end.
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Jessus, C., Haccard, O. Calcium's double punch. Nature 449, 297–298 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449297a
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