Contact of a Sea Urchin Egg with Signal Molecules on Sperm

question 51

Multiple Choice

Contact of a sea urchin egg with signal molecules on sperm causes the egg to undergo a brief ________.

• A) mitosis
• B) membrane depolarisation
• C) vitellogenesis
• D) acrosomal reaction

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