Just an autistic scientist turning to poetry to cope with life.
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In case anyone was wondering the same: The zinc spark is the release of zinc by the egg upon fertilization. It is called spark because the researchers used a fluorescent probe for detection. There is no light emitted upon conception if the probe is not present. The exact reason for the release of zinc is still unknown.
The checkmark marks posts as read. If you want to view posts marked as read you have to enable this in the settings.
Settings > Account preferences > View read posts
There is no shortcut at the top right to quickly toggle or like there is for hidden posts. Not sure why. There is also a button that quickly clears the next 25 read posts. The + at the bottom right also has that button.
Thanks! I corrected it.