Acrosome reaction
Reacción acrosómica
- Date
- 1952 · confidence low
- Place
- Misaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Credited to
- Jean Clark Dan
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
The process by which a sperm cell releases acrosomal enzymes that allow it to penetrate the egg's protective layers to achieve fertilization, described by biologist Jean Clark Dan.
What it led to
- basis for the molecular study of fertilization
- advances in reproductive biology and assisted-fertility techniques
- understanding of the species-specificity of fertilization