egg cell
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Based on such self-organization, the mammalian embryo develops from a single fertilized egg cell into a multicellular organism.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 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
The first divisions of the fertilized egg cell resemble those in the moss embryo, except that the first wall is parallel with the archegonium axis, instead of at right angles to it.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
