The egg before fertilization (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The egg before fertilization

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Artistic depiction of how fusion of a sperm with an egg at fertilization triggers a cascade
of events that ultimately zips up the filamentous matrix around the egg, thus permanently blocking polyspermy. Credits: Marcel Bokhove

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Marcel Bokhove

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