“…Are these instructions and their language influenced by genetic programs of both parents? To answer these questions, the fertilisation process of a fish must be described in the light of reorganisation of the chorion at fertilisation, its physiological roles, the dynamic changes of the egg cortex, the secretory functions of cortical granules, mechanisms of sperm-egg interactions, and mechanical blocking of polyspermy (Lönning and Hagstrom, 1975;Hart, 1990;Yamagami et al, 1992;Griffin et al, 1996;Merrett and Barnes, 1996;Linhart and Kudo, 1997;Chen et al, 1999;Britz and Breining, 2000;Coward et al, 2002).…”