Assertion: sperm | /r/CapableOf | fertilize the egg
Facets:
value: in the mesohyl
type: LOCATION
value: in mammals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In mammals, the sperm (male gamete) fertilizes the egg (ovum, the female gamete) and
text: Only one sperm can fertilize an egg, and since females can potentially reproduce with more than one male before fertilization occurs, producing sperm cells that are faster, more abundant, and more viable than that produced by other males can give a male reproductive advantage.
text: Upon maturation, the neck opens to allow sperm cells to swim into the archegonium and fertilize the egg.
text: Oviparous animals laying eggs with thick calcium shells, such as chickens, or thick leathery shells generally reproduce via internal fertilisation so that the sperm fertilises the egg without having to pass through the thick, protective, tertiary layer of the egg.
text: If a sperm cell containing no sex chromosome fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote will be XO, or male.
text: The sperm fertilizes the egg.
text: Once sperm is inside the female's reproductive tract they either fertilize the egg or die, he explains.
text: D. to allow up to 200 sperm to enter the egg, though only one sperm will fertilize the egg
text: D. to allow up to 200 sperm to enter the egg, though only one sperm will fertilize the egg
text: If sperm is used as an example, normal would be those sperm that have the correct amount of DNA, are progressively motile and have a morphology(form/structure) that will allow them to fertilize the egg once it is reached.
text: The cortical reaction and acrosome reaction are both essential to ensure that only one sperm will fertilize an egg.
text: Sperm are drawn into neighboring individuals and fertilize eggs in the mesohyl.
text: This process is called the cortical reaction and is responsible for ensuring that only one sperm cell can enter and fertilize the egg.