Science Art: Acrosome Reaction Diagram

A scientific illustration of sperm entering egg using acrosome to get through the jelly coat and past the plasma membrane
A scientific illustration of sperm entering egg using acrosome to get through the jelly coat and past the plasma membrane

Happy Mother’s Day!

Wikimedia Commons user LadyofHats made this image of motherhood. And fatherhood, I suppose. Technically, this fertilization is happening in a sea urchin, but they can be parents too. A little spinier than most of ours, but still. The egg divides, the DNA mingles, and new individuals emerge.