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

Meanwhile, Viatina-19 is pregnant for the first time, and Pereira’s eyeing expansion; her egg cells have sold to Bolivian buyers and he wants to export to the United Arab Emirates, India and the US.

From Seattle Times

Presenting Donna, the announcer said that each of the four produces 80 egg cells a month – quadruple an average Nelore – and called them “a factory.”

From Seattle Times

Based on such self-organization, the mammalian embryo develops from a single fertilized egg cell into a multicellular organism.

From Science Daily

This means that the male gametes, which are located at the tip of the pollen tube, cannot fuse with the plant's egg cells.

From Science Daily