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sperm entry

An endocytosis process that results in penetration of the egg shell through the micropyle (a specialized anterior opening in the vitelline envelope… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Human Sperm Penetration into Zona‐Free Hamster Oocytes as a Test to Evaluate the Sperm Fertilizing Ability
Penetration menschlicher Spermatozoen in Zona pellucida‐freie Hamster‐Oozyten. Test zur überprüfung der Fertilisation von… 
1989
1989
Chromosome malsegregation and embryonic lethality induced by treatment of normally ovulated mouse oocytes with nocodazole.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Subcellular immunochemical localization of acrosin in human spermatozoa during the acrosome reaction and zona pellucida penetration.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A quantitative assay for capacitation: evaluation of multiple sperm penetration through the zona pellucida of salt-stored hamster eggs.
The endpoint for sperm capacitation occurs when spermatozoa become able to penetrate intact zonae pellucidae of unfertilized… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Electron microscopic observations on sperm entry into eggs of the rose bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus.
Morphological studies on gametes and sperm entry into the egg of Rhodeus ocellatus were conducted using transmission and scanning… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Electrical responses of immature and mature Rana pipiens oocytes to sperm and other activating stimuli.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Species-specificity of acrosome reaction and primary gamete binding in echinoids.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
BEHAVIOR OF THE GAMETE MEMBRANES DURING SPERM ENTRY INTO THE MAMMALIAN EGG
Techniques for fertilizing golden hamster eggs in vitro have recently been developed (4, 14). Consequently, sperm entry into the… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
MORPHOLOGY OF GAMETE MEMBRANE FUSION AND OF SPERM ENTRY INTO OOCYTES OF THE SEA URCHIN
Sea urchin gametes predominate in molecular studies of fertilization, yet relatively little is known of the subcellular aspects… 
1960
1960
Egg Membrane Lytic Activity of Sperm Extract and its Significance in Relation to Sperm Entry in Hydroides hexagonus (Annelida)
Previous electron microscope studies indicated that the individual spermatozoön of Hydroides hexagonus forms a hole in the… 
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