Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells. They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and ...

In all sexually reproducing species this occurs by combining a large gamete, called an ovum — or egg — with a small gamete, called a sperm. Though some hermaphrodite plants and animals produce ...

Mature ova are released from the ovary into the oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm to form a zygote. In humans, fertilisation happens inside the woman’s body. This is a process called ...

(p. 3) From chapter 2: “The Beginning of Human Development: First Week” First sentence of the Chapter: “Human development begins at fertilization when a male gamete or sperm (spermatozoon) unites with ...

The female gamete is called an ovum or egg. The plural is ova. Ova are produced from germline cells in the ovaries. Ovaries contain immature ova at various stages of development. Each ova is ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to deliver remarks and sign an Executive Order from the State Capitol ...

One difference is how "open" describes the agreement within adoption families versus the "open donor" agreements of gamete donors and recipient parents. "Open" adoption is usually an adoption in ...

The opposite is true of a paternally imprinted gene. For imprinting to work, the epigenetic signal must be consistent in the mature gamete and the cells originating from the zygote that this ...

Here is a thought experiment for “National Infertility Awareness Week”: imagine in vitro fertilization (IVF) did not exist, ...

Game Rant sits down with World of Warcraft developers George Velev and Drew De Sousa about Hero Talents and dungeons in The ...