is there any significance of perivitelline space in ovum?

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Please find below the solution to the asked query

The fluid filled space between zona pellucida and the cell membrane of fertilised egg is called perivitelline space. The cortical granules produced by the ovum get deposited in the perivitelline space which prevents polyspermy.


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