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What are names for a sex cell?

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Updated: 8/17/2019

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What are the names of two types of sex cell?

male and female? egg and sperm


What cell becomes a sex cell?

A normal body cell transfers to the testes and become a sex cell.


In plants what are the names of male sex cell and female sex cell?

for humans it is sperm and for plants not sure Answer All animals and plants produce sperm cells and egg cells/ova. Some textbooks refer to the male sex cell as simply the male sex cell/gamete. It seems it should rather always be called a sperm cell as that is what it is. Angiosperms produce microspores/pollen grains which grow male gametophytes within themselves, which produce sperm cells.


What is the male sex cell called?

Male gametes, or sex cells, are called sperm.


How many chromosomes are in one sex cell?

It depends on the parent cell. If the parent cell has 24 then the sex cell will have 12.


How does a mutation in a sex differ from a from a mutation in a non-sex cell?

A mutation in a sex cell, such as a sperm or egg cell, can be passed on to offspring and affect future generations. In contrast, a mutation in a non-sex cell will only affect the individual and is not passed on to offspring.


What do you call the cell of a boy?

A sperm is the sex cell of a male, and the egg or ovum is the sex cell of a female.


What is a sex cell that has half of the number of chromosomes that a regular body cell has?

That is known as a sex cell or gamete.


What is it called when the male sex cell and the female sex cell join?

Fertilization.


What is a gamets?

A gamete, also called a sex cell, is a haploid cell that participates in fertilization by fusing with another haploid cell.


What is the medical term for germ or sex cell?

Gamete is the medical term for germ or sex cell. It refers to sperm and ova (eggs).


What is the male sex cell in plant called?

The Male sex cell, which is in the Anther or Stamen, is called a sperm just like the male sex cell in humans.