Category:GO:0007341 ! penetration of zona pellucida

id: GO:0007341

name: penetration of zona pellucida
namespace: biological_process
def: "The infiltration by sperm of the zona pellucida to reach the oocyte. The process involves digestive enzymes from a modified lysosome called the acrosome, situated at the head of the sperm." [GOC:jl, http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/fert/fert.html]
is_a: GO:0044706 ! multi-multicellular organism process
is_a: GO:0048609 ! multicellular organismal reproductive process
relationship: part_of: GO:0007338 ! single fertilization

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0007341</GOterm>
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