Indicate the proper order of events that occur in fertilization.

What will be an ideal response?


a. Sperm cover the surface of the egg and secrete enzymes that help weaken the corona radiata.
b. Sperm squeeze through the corona radiata and bind to the zona pellucida.
c. The acrosomes of sperm release digestive enzymes that allow the sperm to pass through the zona pellucida to the egg plasma membrane.
d. The "fast block" occurs.
e. The "slow block" occurs.
f.  Microvilli bring the entire sperm into the egg.
g. Pronuclei are formed.
h. A single nuclear envelope surrounds both sperm and egg pronuclei.

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