sperm

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"I still really wanted to be a mum and Elon made the offer around that time and I accepted," she said, explaining Musk in 2020 had offered to donate sperm.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In Chloe’s case, she began the pregnancy process by contracting with a fertility clinic to implant an embryo conceived with Silvia’s egg and Fausto’s sperm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

He made a declaration of parentage application to the Family Court after discovering a couple he donated sperm to had named the mother's partner as the father on the baby's birth certificate.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Germ cells, the cells that form the sperm and the egg, are also subject to mutations, which can be particularly consequential since such changes can be passed along to the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

When that organism generated sperm or eggs, the alleles were split up again—one was passed to the sperm, and one to the egg, only to become combined in the next generation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee