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Brown University

Two Become One

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Researchers have revealed the structure of proteins in flowering plants and protozoans that enable sperm cells to fuse with eggs to form a new individual. The research team is hopeful that the structural information might be helpful in understanding gamete fusion in humans, which remains mysterious.

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Fedry et. al.

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