Biology

polyspermy

Term: polyspermy

Literally meaning: ?state of having several sperms?

Origin: Anc Greek

????-/poly-(=many, several)

+ ??????(=seed) > ??????/spearo (=disperse)

Coined/History

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Definition

Polyspermy is the condition of an ovum that is fertilized by more than one sperm. Polyspermy creates inviable zygotes that have multiple set of chromososmes (one from egg and the rest by different sperms)

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