fertilizin

…produce a chemical substance called fertilizin that attracts the male epitokes and stimulates the shedding of sperm. Male epitokes of a polychaete found in the Atlantic Ocean emit a flashing light; females emit a steady light. The light may serve to attract male and female and to aid in species…

…and protein, which he termed fertilizin. Its specific interaction with a substance surrounding sperm cells, called antifertilizin, causes the sperm to adhere to and penetrate the egg. The process is thought to ensure fertilization of the ovum only by sperm of its own species.

…egg contains a substance (fertilizin) thought to have an important role not only in the establishment of sperm-egg interaction but also in egg activation, fertilizin now has been shown identical with jelly-coat material, rather than a substance continuously secreted from it. Yet there is evidence that the egg envelopes…