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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

J, a single egg cell surrounded by spermatozoids.

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