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The new cells are smaller than the egg cell.

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Q: What is special about the cell division that takes place soon after an egg cell is fertilized?
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What type of cell division takes place in the ganads?

Meiotic cell division takes place in the gonads in order to produce sex cells.


Where is an ovum normally fertilized by a sperm cell?

fertilisation takes place in ampulla of uterine tube


What kind of cell division takes place in the growth of an embryo?

mitosis


Why does cell division take place in single cell organisms?

Cell division takes place in single-celled organisms to reproduce and pass on genetic information.


Where do mutations takes place?

They occur during cell division and at the time when the sperm fertilizes the egg.

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What type of cell division takes place in the ganads?

Meiotic cell division takes place in the gonads in order to produce sex cells.


Where is an ovum normally fertilized by a sperm cell?

fertilisation takes place in ampulla of uterine tube


What kind of reproduction takes place in cancer cells?

Division.


What takes place in the nuleus before cell division?

DNA Replication :)


What kind of cell division takes place in the growth of an embryo?

mitosis


What changes takes place in your body when you have a period?

Your eggs in your body are breaking because they are not being fertilized. It's natural.


When does the fertilized egg implant into the uterus?

It takes place during the menstrual cycle, and the process is called ovulation. (Another name for the fertilized egg is a 'zygote') Ovulation is not a fertilized egg. Ovulation is the release of an unfertilized egg. The fertilized egg implants about 6-8 days after ovulation


Why does cell division take place in single cell organisms?

Cell division takes place in single-celled organisms to reproduce and pass on genetic information.


Why does cell division take place in single cell organism?

Cell division takes place in single-celled organisms to reproduce and pass on genetic information.


How many mitosis division will takes place for 300 seeds?

150 seeds


When the cell division takes place what actually controls the activities of a cell?

the nucleus


Why do cells go on to Meiosis II?

so that cell division takes place