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sex cell
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Germ cell
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Egg, in biology, the female sex cell, or gamete.
The male gamete, or sex cell, also has 44 autosomes and two (X, Y) sex chromosomes.
In the case of multicellular animals we find there are two kinds of sex cells: the female sex cell (ovum, or egg), derived from an oocyte (immature egg), and the male sex cell (spermatozoon or sperm), derived from a spermatocyte.
Parthenogenesis, a reproductive strategy that involves development of a female (rarely a male) gamete (sex cell) without fertilization.
The number of the genes in a sex cell is, however, much greater than that of the chromosomes.
Indeed, males are famous for their cheap, abbreviated gametes, and their poignant need for the warmth and wealth of the comparatively massive female sex cell to realize their dreams of immortality.
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Reproduction is delegated to the sex cells.
Haploids resemble gametes, our sex cells.
The soldiers themselves cannot reproduce (they do not even have sex cells).
Sex cells thus have half the normal chromosomal complement.
The instincts of stem cells lie halfway between those of sex cells and ordinary body cells.
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