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Chapter 36, Problem 2TYU
The cortical reaction of sea urchin eggs functions directly in
- A. the formation of a fertilization envelope.
- B. the production of a fast block to polyspermy.
- C. the generation of an electrical impulse by the egg.
- D. the fusion of egg and sperm nuclei.
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