Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization
Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization
Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization
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FERTILIZATION<br />
• the binding of sperm to the egg coat (zona pellucida) induces the acrosome<br />
reaction<br />
• required for the sperm to burrow through the zona <strong>and</strong> fuse with the egg.<br />
• binding of the sperm to the egg plasma membrane<br />
• fusion with these membranes<br />
• sperm activates the egg<br />
• haploid nuclei of the two gametes come together
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