Neri Queenie V, Hu Jennifer, Rosenwaks Zev, Palermo Gianpiero D
The Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1305 York Avenue, Suite 720, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1154:91-119. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0659-8_5.
The former perception of the spermatozoon as a delivery device of the male genome has been expanded to include a new understanding of the cell's complex role in fertilization. Once the spermatozoon reaches the oocyte, it triggers egg activation and orchestrates the stages of pre- and post-fertilization in a preprogrammed pattern while tapping the oocyte's resources in an effort to generate a new life.