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Why changes that take place in a sperm cell or an egg cell can affect an embryo?
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∙ 9y ago
Because changes in the genetic make up of sperm or egg will lead to the changes in the zygote also. Since embryo develops from the zygote, those changes in the sperm or egg are reflected in the embryo also.
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What does the fusing of an egg and sperm form?
An embryo.
What happens when the sperm enters an egg?
It takes many sperm to break the outer barrier of the egg, but only one to fertilize it. When that sperm meets the egg, their genetic material (chromosomes) combine to form 46 and the fertilized egg, zygote, beings to rapidly divide into a blastocyst. After about two weeks it is called an embryo, and after eighth weeks a fetus. After about 40 weeks, it is born and is called an infant.
What order is these terms in Blastula Fetus Gastrula Egg Gametes Sperm Embryo Fertilization Zygote Haploid?
Haploid Gametes Egg Sperm Fertilization Zygote Blastula Gastrula Embryo Fetus
How is the process of fertilization in animals like the process that takes place in plants?
It's...A sperm cell and an egg cell combine to form a zygote, which lateron develops into an embryo.
How is sperm cell related to human sexuality?
The male's sperm cell combines with the female egg or ovum; fertilizes it and is the start of embryo formation.
What does a sperm cell contribute to an embryo?
A sperm is a haploid of 22 autosomes and 1 sex cell. So it gives the embryo half of its DNA.
Is because of sperm an embryo makes blood?
An embryo makes blood because it begins to develop into a fetus and later into a new infant. An egg can not become an embryo without the DNA that the sperm donates.
What does the fusing of an egg and sperm form?
An embryo.
What does an egg contribute to the embryo that sperm does not?
A period.
What is the cell that forms when and egg and a sperm join?
embryo
When the ovum is fertilized by the sperm this is called?
Implantation
What does an egg contribute to the embryo that sperm does not contribute?
A period.
What is the result of fertilization of a human embryo?
If a human egg (from the female) and a human sperm (from the male) join together, then the egg is fertilised by the sperm and a human embryo is created. This human embryo grows over 9 months into a baby.
What happens when the sperm enters an egg?
It takes many sperm to break the outer barrier of the egg, but only one to fertilize it. When that sperm meets the egg, their genetic material (chromosomes) combine to form 46 and the fertilized egg, zygote, beings to rapidly divide into a blastocyst. After about two weeks it is called an embryo, and after eighth weeks a fetus. After about 40 weeks, it is born and is called an infant.
When does gametes become embryo's?
When they are fertilized. Gametes are the eggs or sperm
Undifferentiated sperm cells in the male embryo are called what?
spermatogonia
What happens when a egg and sperm unite?
The sperm unites with the Ovum in the womb, to form a zygote, which is the beginning of the Embryo.
