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  • sperm
    fertilization
    / Sperm-egg association

    …releases a substance called a lysin, which breaks down the egg’s vitelline coat, allowing passage of the spermatozoon to the egg. The acrosomal membrane region opposite the opening adheres to the nuclear envelope of the spermatozoon and forms a shallow outpocketing, which rapidly elongates into a thin tube, the acrosomal…

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    …releases a substance called a lysin, which breaks down the egg’s vitelline coat, allowing passage of the spermatozoon to the egg. The acrosomal membrane region opposite the opening adheres to the nuclear envelope of the spermatozoon and forms a shallow outpocketing, which rapidly elongates into a thin tube, the acrosomal…

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