egg cell

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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

Animal embryos go through a series of characteristic developmental stages on their journey from a fertilized egg cell to a functional organism.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2023

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

By careful observation the student may possibly be able to follow the spermatozoid into the oögonium, where it enters the egg cell at the clear spot on its surface.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton