cortical reaction

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(thing) by BioTech (7.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Nov 15 2004 at 22:44:20

The reaction of an egg cell to fertilization which changes its surface cell membrane and prevents additional sperm cells from entering (among other things).

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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