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Also known as ovum, egg, eggs
haploid female reproductive cell or gamete
AI overview
An egg cell is the female reproductive cell that contains half the genetic information needed to create a new organism. It matters because when an egg cell combines with a sperm cell during fertilization, the two halves come together to form a complete genetic blueprint for a developing baby.
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Research
118,573 papers- The egg of Xenopus laevis: a model system for studying cell activation.ReviewCell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists · 1989Charbonneau M, Grandin NDOI: 10.1016/0922-3371(89)90045-2
- Cell cycle in egg cell and its progression during zygotic development in rice.Plant reproduction · 2018Sukawa Y, Okamoto TDOI: 10.1007/s00497-017-0318-x
- Recovery of Sea Star Egg Cell Surface Proteins Released at Fertilization.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021Wiseman E, Bates L, Carroll DJDOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0974-3_9
- The Florey lecture, 1988. From egg to embryo: the initiation of cell differentiation in Amphibia.ReviewProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1989