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An egg cell is larger than a sperm cell because?

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A woman usually produces one egg cell, while a male produces millions.

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What cell is the sperm or eggs?

the egg is larger than the sperm cell


Why egg cell is larger than sperm cell?

The size of egg is larger than sperm because the the sperm enters inside the egg and egg has to accommodate the sperm. And egg contains fats and nutrients in order to feed zygote in case of pregnancy.


what cell is bigger the sperm or the egg?

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Which is larger the egg cell or the sperm cell?

Egg cells are the biggest: you could only fit one on the head of a pin. But I'm not sure if a sperm cell is bigger than a red blood cell or vice versa.


Is a female reproductive cell larger than the male reproductive cell?

The egg is larger than a sperm because it has the cytoplasm of all four of the produced cells (the other cell components become polar bodies).


How much larger than a sperm cell is an ovum?

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Why do we produce less egg cell and more sperm cell?

because Eggs are thousands of times larger than sperm, and it usually only requires one egg, whereas a male with 1 sperm count would have pretty much a 0% chance of having children.


How does a structure of a sperm differs from normal cell?

A sperm cell is a different shape than a regular body cell. It sort of looks like a lemon with a tail. The main difference the between sperm cells and regular body cells is that sperm cells only have 23 chromosomes compared to the 46 in normal body cells do to undergoing meiosis.


Is the egg is larger than sperm?

Yes it is alot larger.


Is a cell larger than a organelle?

No an organelle is a structure within a cell. It cannot be larger than the cell it is inside of.


Can more than one sperm reach an egg?

It's not possible, because after one sperm cell reaches an egg, the egg cell slightly changes look to keep other sperm cells from reaching the same egg.


Is a mutation that occurs during the formation of an egg cell or sperm cell more significant than a mutation that occurs in a body cell?

yes because it is genetic therefore can be passed on