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Having reached the external surface of the egg coats, the activated spermatozoa still have a long way to go to deliver their DNA content to the eggs; they have to pass through the different layers of the jelly first, penetrate the vitelline envelope, and then, finally, fuse with the egg.
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Bernardini, G., Prati, M., Bonetti, E., Scarì, G. (1999). Fertilization. In: Atlas of Xenopus Development. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2905-7_3
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