When a Sperm Penetrates an Egg Cell

question 97

Multiple Choice

When a sperm penetrates an egg cell

• A) the resulting cell is haploid.
• B) sperm and egg chromosomes merge immediately.
• C) the egg has to make a copy of itself before sperm and egg chromosomes merge.
• D) the egg must undergo meiosis II before merging chromosomes with the sperm.
• E) the egg undergoes changes that attract another sperm.

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