Key roles of the zona pellucida and perivitelline space in promoting gamete fusion and fast block to polyspermy inferred from the choreography of spermatozoa in mice oocytes
Yaëlle Dubois, Sophie Favier, Nathan Martin-Fornier, Adrien Freyss, Mohyeddine Omrane, David Stroebel, Éric Perez, Sandrine Barbaux, Ahmed Ziyyat, Nicolás Rodríguez, Christine Gourier
This study uses imaging and analysis to reveal the roles of the zona pellucida and perivitelline space in gamete fusion and polyspermy block in mice oocytes.
EMBO Reports · Dec 8, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology