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Sperm has to go through a process before being able to penetrate the egg?

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Correct: Sperm need to prepare themselves for egg penetration by first undergoing the acrosome reaction (to expose the enzymes that will dissolve the egg shell covering the egg) and then capacitation, that allows them to actually penetrate the egg once the egg shell is traversed.

Answered 11/7/2013

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