sperm capacitation (GO:0048240)

A process required for sperm to reach fertilization competence Sperm undergo an incompletely understood series of morphological and molecular maturational processes, termed capacitation involving, among other processes, protein tyrosine phosphorylation and increased intracellular calcium.

General

cell maturation (GO:0048469) single organism reproductive process (GO:0044702) cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism (GO:0022412) developmental process involved in reproduction (GO:0003006)

References

gene ontology: GO:0048240 PMID: 11820818