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Boar Spermatozoa Within the Oviductal Environment (III): Fertilisation

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This chapter is the last of a series of four chapters about the transit of boar spermatozoa within the female reproductive tract and deals with the fertilisation events that take place during and after a capacitated spermatozoon interacts with the ZP of the oocyte. Thus, we will focus on the mechanisms of gamete binding and interaction, including acrosome exocytosis, ZP-penetration and fusion between sperm and oocyte plasma membranes. In addition, subsequent events that take place after sperm-oocyte fusion, such as sperm chromatin remodelling and sperm-mediated oocyte activation will also be dealt with. To conclude, other novel aspects about the role played by sperm in post-fertilisation and early embryo development events will also be discussed.

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Yeste, M. (2013). Boar Spermatozoa Within the Oviductal Environment (III): Fertilisation. In: Bonet, S., Casas, I., Holt, W., Yeste, M. (eds) Boar Reproduction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35049-8_8

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