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How the cortical reaction in a mouse egg is thought to prevent additional sperm from entering the eg

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The released contents of the cortical granules both remove carbohydrate from ZP3 so it no longer can bind to the sperm plasma membrane and partly cleave ZP2, hardening the zona pellucida. Together these changes provide a block to polyspermy.
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