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What happens when sperm capacitate?

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Capacitation of sperm or spermatozoon is a process of functional maturation. The changes occur in the cell membrane of the sperm cells.

The removal of the layer of glycoprotein takes place in the capacitation process of sperm that result in making receptors available.

The other change that takes place is the alteration of the acrosomal cap that helps in acrosome reaction possible. These changes help in the sperms to penetrate and fertilize the egg in the female reproductive tract.

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