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What is the result of fertilization?
What is the result of fertilization?
- Restoration of diploid number of chromosomes (correct)
- Determination of the sex of the embryo
- Initiation of cleavage
- Formation of male pronucleus
What determines the sex of the embryo?
What determines the sex of the embryo?
- Initiation of cleavage
- Formation of male pronucleus
- Stimulation of the 2nd maturation division
- Determination of the sex chromosome carried by the sperm (correct)
What prevents fertilization of the same ovum by more than one sperm?
What prevents fertilization of the same ovum by more than one sperm?
- Zona and cortical reactions (correct)
- Initiation of cleavage
- Formation of male pronucleus
- Penetration of the head & neck of the sperm into the oocyte
What is cleavage or segmentation of the zygote?
What is cleavage or segmentation of the zygote?
What keeps blastomeres adherent together and prevents their separation?
What keeps blastomeres adherent together and prevents their separation?