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The egg consists of food for the embryo for the first four days. In addition, it also needs to accommodate the sperm, which is why it is longer than the sperm.
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How much larger than a sperm cell is an ovum?
assuming you mean a sperm and not a cingular cell of a sperm, it is about 1/18th the size of an ovum.
What is difference between a sperm and plant cell?
Sperm cells are very different from pollen grain cells, although they do have the similarity that they are both male gametes. Sperm cells are animal cells and they are mobile, they swim in a liquid medium. Pollen grain cells are plant cells and they have no mobility, they just go where the wind, or where pollinating insects, or anything else may take them.
Which cell determends the gender of a human baby?
The sperm cell determines the gender of a human baby. Ova only have X sex chromosomes, but sperm cells can have either an X or a Y sex chromosome. If an X sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XX and be female. If a Y sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XY and be male.
What is longer human skin cell or the wavelength of visible light?
Yes, the skin cell is much longer than the wavelength of visible light. The wavelength of visible light is in the range of hundreds of nanometers. Skin cells are much larger.
How are sperm cells adapted to carry out their job?
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How much larger than a sperm cell is an ovum?
assuming you mean a sperm and not a cingular cell of a sperm, it is about 1/18th the size of an ovum.
How much of parents genes does an egg or sperm cell have?
half
How much sperm is neeeded to become pregeant?
Technically one sperm cell can get you pregnant, but it is unlikely with one.
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.
What is difference between a sperm and plant cell?
Sperm cells are very different from pollen grain cells, although they do have the similarity that they are both male gametes. Sperm cells are animal cells and they are mobile, they swim in a liquid medium. Pollen grain cells are plant cells and they have no mobility, they just go where the wind, or where pollinating insects, or anything else may take them.
Why is an egg much larger then a sperm cell?
because god make it so
How much chromosomes does a dog's sperm cell have if it has seventy-eight chromosomes?
23
Are sperm cell much bigger than female egg cells?
A lot bigger. The ovum is 120 µm in diameter and the sperm cell is about 1 µm in diameter (not counting the tail).
How much sperms are requried to get pregnant?
all it requires is a single sperm cell, and a bit of extra information here, a single discharge of male sperm contains millions of sperm cells.
Which cell determends the gender of a human baby?
The sperm cell determines the gender of a human baby. Ova only have X sex chromosomes, but sperm cells can have either an X or a Y sex chromosome. If an X sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XX and be female. If a Y sperm fertilizes an egg, the offspring will be XY and be male.
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 xy chromosomes travel in uterus for pregnancy?
I don't know much about this but I do know that chromosomes are inside a cell. So the cell of the sperm is what carries the Chromosone.
