egg cell
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Human life begins with a single egg cell that grows into a human being with trillions of cells.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
Viatina-19’s owner, Pereira, said she gets special treatment to boost egg cell production, but would thrive were she put to pasture — where almost all his elite cattle feed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
An error during egg cell production could result in two fused or incompletely separated cells, one with a W chromosome and one with a Z chromosome.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
When parthenogenesis happens, the egg cell in the female's body divides enough times it needs in order to create half the genes required to procreate.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
J, section of an open archegonium, × 300. o, the egg cell.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
