When a sperm penetrates an egg cell

A) the egg undergoes changes that attract another sperm.
B) sperm and egg chromosomes merge immediately.
C) the resulting cell is haploid.
D) the egg has to make a copy of itself before sperm and egg chromosomes merge.
E) the egg must undergo meiosis II before merging chromosomes with the sperm.


E

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