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Maternal stages of Xenopus development. Summary diagram of oogenesis, oocyte maturation, fertilization, and cleavage stages of embryogenesis. The maternal period of embryonic development begins at fertilization and continues until the maternal mRNAs and proteins are eliminated and replaced by zygotic products during the maternal to zygotic transition
