sperm-egg recognition

id: GO:0035036
name: sperm-egg recognition
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The initial contact step made between the sperm plasma membrane and outer layer of the egg during fertilization.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007339binding of sperm to zona pellucida

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009988cell-cell recognition
GO:0048610cellular process involved in reproduction