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MOM-2 is received in the EMS cell by the MOM-5 protein, a C. elegans protein Frizzled.


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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

 The mode of fertilization in sea urchin being external, the egg and spermatozoa are released into the sea water.
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Two major mechanisms during fertilization in sea urchin:
Species-specific sperm attraction 
Species-specific sperm activation
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Chemotaxis 
sperms are attracted toward eggs of their species by following a gradient of a chemical secreted by the egg.
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

In Sea urchin,
Sperm-activating peptides provide direction to sperm during chemotaxis.
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

SAP in the egg jelly of the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata 
Resact (14-amino acid chemotactic peptide)
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

SAP in the egg jelly of, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Speract