Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that explains how eggs are fertilised. A 14 year study concluded that sperm harpoon the egg to facilitate fertilization.Researchers found a protein within the head of the sperm forms spiky filaments, suggesting that these tiny filaments may lash together the sperm and its target.
How Babies are Really Made: Researchers Find Sperm Use a Tiny ‘Harpoon’ to Attach Themselves to Eggs
