Egg
The egg, or ovum, is the gamete (reproductive sex cell) produced by most female animals. It is fertilized by the sperm, which is the male gamete. The term "egg" is commonly used to i...
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Egg
EGG. The egg has aroused feelings of wonder in cultures all over the world. Its smooth, elliptical shell conceals the mystery of new life in formation. The sight of an egg hatching and a young cre...
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Watching as Life Begins: the Discovery of the Mammalian Ovum and the Process of Fertilization
Overview
The discovery of the mammalian ovum brought the realization that human reproduction occurred in t...
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Placenta and Placental Nutrition of the Embryo
The placenta (from Greek plakuos, flat cake) is an organ created from the zygote that links two individuals, the mother and the fetus. Throughout the pre...
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Egg
Sex cells of most animals are either eggs in females (ova) or sperm in males. Eggs have the potential, when fertilized with the sperm of a male, to divide, form an embryo, and develop into an orga...
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Ovum
Sex cells of most animals are either eggs in females (ova) or sperm in males. Eggs have the potential, when fertilized with the sperm of a male, to divide, form an embryo, and develop into an org...
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Ovum
The ovum, also called the egg, is the microscopic female sex cell. Its nucleus contains the chromosomes, which bear the hereditary material of the female parent.
Before birth, the ovaries of a fe...
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Egg
Egg
Watching as Life Begins: the Discovery of the Mammalian Ovum and the Process of Fertilization
Placenta and Placental Nutrition of the Embryo
Egg
Ovum
Ovum