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occur within 10 minutes after the gametes have been 

 placed together in the water. After the formation of the 



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FIG. 175. Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Lejol. A, egg at the time of 

 fertilization, surrounded by numerous sperms. X about 200; B, oosperm 

 germinating, 6 days old; C, D, somewhat older stages than B. (Redrawn 

 from Thuret and Bornet.) 



fertilization-membrane the sperms seem to avoid the 

 oosperm, quite as though they were repelled by some 

 substance formed at its surface. 



