fertilized egg
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When a female produces a fertilized egg, the egg is moved to an incubator.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
During IVF, a doctor collects eggs from a woman, sperm is used to fertilize the eggs outside the body and one fertilized egg is implanted at a time.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 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
Every person starts with just one genome, the unique amalgam of paternal and maternal DNA in the fertilized egg.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023
Every cell in your body arises by successive cell divisions from a single cell, a fertilized egg generated by your parents.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
