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egg cell
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ovum, egg cellnoun
the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
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egg cellnoun
A cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.
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Egg cell
The egg cell, or ovum (plural ova), is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile). If the male gamete (sperm) is capable of movement, the type of sexual reproduction is also classified as oogamous. A nonmotile female gamete formed in the oogonium of some algae, fungi, oomycetes, or bryophytes is an oosphere. When fertilized the oosphere becomes the oospore.When egg and sperm fuse during fertilisation, a diploid cell (the zygote) is formed, which rapidly grows into a new organism.
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egg cell
An egg cell, also known as an ovum or oocyte, is the female reproductive cell (or gamete) in most anisogamous organisms (organisms with sexual reproduction involving two distinct types of gametes: male and female). The egg cell is typically the larger of the two types of gametes and is often capable of being fertilized by a sperm cell. It contains half the number of chromosomes of a normal body cell and merges with the sperm during fertilization to form a new organism.
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Egg cell
Egg cell is the female reproductive haploid cell in oogamous organisms. The egg cell is typically not capable of active movement, and it is much larger than the motile sperm cells. When egg and sperm fuse, a diploid cell is formed, which gradually grows into a new individual.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of egg cell in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of egg cell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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