Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337670319
Author: STARR
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 41, Problem 4CT

Occasionally more than one sperm penetrates and enters a human secondary oocyte. The result is formation of a multiple spindles and disruption of the first mitotic division. Explain why the presence of multiple sperm has this lethal disruptive effect.

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