Polyspermy block

Japanese: polyspermy block(英語表記)polyspermyblock
Polyspermy block

…For this reason, the egg usually has a mechanism that prevents any further sperm from fertilizing it once one sperm has fertilized it. This is called the polyspermy block. In the eggs of marine invertebrates, which have little yolk, and in the eggs of mammals, it is known that there is a fast polyspermy block based on changes that occur on the egg surface within a few seconds after fertilization, and a slow polyspermy block that progresses gradually and is completed over a period of tens of seconds to several hours after fertilization. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "polyspermy block" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのために,1個の精子が受精すると,それ以上の精子は受精できなくなるようなしくみが卵子に備わっているのが普通である。このことを多精拒否polyspermy blockと呼んでいる。 卵黄の少ない海産無脊椎動物の卵子や哺乳類の卵子では,受精後数秒で卵子表面に起こる変化に基づく速い多精拒否反応と,受精後,数十秒から数時間をかけて徐々に進行して完成する遅い多精拒否反応のあることが知られている。…

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