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jgjulander
at Tue Feb 28 11:17:10 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jgjulander ]
prohibits the binding and penetration of other sperm. Once a sperm binds to an egg, a reaction takes place in the egg which "seals" the egg off from other sperm binding. Therefore, only one sperm can penetrate and fertilize as a rule. There may be an exception, but I believe Cory is right when he says that only a diploid set of chromosomes would yeild a proper embryo. I don't claim to be a repro biologist, but I seem to remember this from my graduate work.
Justin J AAR
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