You Can Artificially Activate an Unfertilized Frog Egg to Begin

question 66

Multiple Choice

You can artificially activate an unfertilized frog egg to begin developing by pricking it with a needle.That the egg can be induced to undergo cleavage in the absence of sperm indicates that

• A) sperm do not contribute a microtubule organizing center to the egg.
• B) fertilization can occur in the absence of sperm.
• C) microtubule organizing centers are not involved in cleavage.
• D) mitosis in the egg does not involve centrioles.
• E) the egg can provide a centriole if it doesn't receive one from the sperm.

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