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Significance of fertilization
- It provides stimulus for the egg to complete its maturation.
- It activates the ovum to develop into a new individual by repeated mitotic division.
- Fertilization restores the diploid number of chromosomes (46 in man) in the zygote by adding male’s haploid set of chromosomes.
- It makes the egg more active metabolically.
- It combines the character of two parents and introduces variations. So help in evolution.
- Sex chromosomes of sperm is either X or Y and helps in sex determination.
- Fertilization membrane formed after sperm entry, checks the entry of additional sperms.
- Copulation path sets the axis of division.
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Fertilization maintains the diploid number of chromosomes in the newly formed zygote. It combines characters from two parents bringing about variation in the offspring. It determines the sex of the offspring. Fertilization introduces centrioles in the cell which are missing in the ovum.