The gamete that forms in the reproductive organs of a female is called an ovum, or egg cell. In humans and many other organisms, females produce ova in the ovaries through a process called oogenesis. Each ovum carries half of the genetic information necessary for fertilization and the development of a new organism.
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Affect both male and female reproductive organs
Yes, pollination is the process of transferring pollen grains from the male reproductive organs of a flower to the female reproductive organs. Fertilization occurs after pollination, when a pollen grain meets the ovule of a flower and forms a seed.
Yes, plants have reproductive organs, which can be found in various forms depending on the type of plant. In flowering plants, the reproductive organs include the stamen (male) and the pistil (female), which facilitate the processes of pollination and fertilization. Non-flowering plants, such as ferns and mosses, reproduce using spores instead of seeds and have specialized structures for this purpose. Overall, these reproductive organs are essential for the plant's life cycle and reproduction.
Hermaphrodite is a term used in biology to describe an organism that has both male and female reproductive organs. In humans, hermaphrodite is considered outdated terminology and is not typically used. Instead, the term intersex is preferred to describe individuals with atypical variations in sex characteristics.
The process of gamete fusion is called fertilization. This process forms a diploid cell also known as a zygote.
No, a gamete is a reproductive cell (sperm or egg) that has half the number of chromosomes as a regular body cell. A fertilized cell is called a zygote, which forms when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell.
The male gamete in flowering plants forms in the anther, which is part of the male reproductive structure known as the stamen. Within the anther, pollen grains containing the male gametes develop.
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The ovule is the part of the flower where the embryo sac is housed, and the embryo sac contains the female gamete (egg), which, when fertilized by the sperm in a pollen grain, will produce a zygote. What was once a flower will become a fruit. The zygote develops in the ovule, and forms the seed, which will eventually be dispersed from the fruit to start a new generation. So, the ovule is analogous to the pollen: one contains the female gamete, and the other contains the male gamete.
Conifers are the type of plant that can have both male and female forms. They produce male cones that release pollen and female cones that develop seeds after fertilization. Moose, daisies, and roses typically have separate male and female reproductive structures or forms.