fertilized egg
Life's first cell
A fertilized egg is an egg cell that has merged with a sperm cell, beginning the process of developing into a new organism.
In humans, a fertilized egg is called a zygote: The fertilized egg implants in the uterine wall.
In cooking, the term distinguishes eggs that could develop into chicks from unfertilized ones, though most commercial eggs are unfertilized.
Early developmental stage before implantation
- morulaSolid embryonic cell mass
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- gastrulationEmbryo forms primary layers
- embryoOrganism before birth
implantation · cell division · mitosis · differentiation · organogenesis · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm
First embryonic cell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- DNAHereditary code molecule
nucleus · haploid · diploid · cytoplasm · allele · genetics · meiosis · cell membrane
Formation of an idea
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
ovulation · conceive · implantation · womb · uterus · fallopian tube · IVF · reproductive
blastocyst
Early developmental stage before implantation
- morulaSolid embryonic cell mass
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- gastrulationEmbryo forms primary layers
embryo · implantation · cell division · mitosis · differentiation · organogenesis · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm · amnion
zygote
First embryonic cell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
DNA · nucleus · haploid · diploid · cytoplasm · allele · genetics · meiosis · cell membrane · centrosome
conception
Formation of an idea
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
procreation · ovulation · conceive · implantation · womb · uterus · fallopian tube · IVF · reproductive · sperm
balut
Incubated egg eaten whole
delicacy · hatching · duck egg · poultry · cuisine · street food · protein · Filipino · Vietnamese · nutrient-rich
beginning
Initial stage of something
germinal · embryonic · latent · undeveloped · life · origin · creation · new life · miracle · spark
- beekeepingbeekeeping, apiculture, beehive, hive, apiary
- fish stagesfry, fingerling, juvenile, larva, larvae
- totipotent cellszygote, blastomere, morula
- hatchlingshatchling, chick, duckling, gosling, cygnet
- poultrychicken, hen, turkey, duck, goose
- marine larvaelarva, larval stage
fertilized eggoocyte
Undeveloped female gamete
ovum · egg cell · gamete · sperm cell
fertilize, fertility, fertilizer, infertile, egghead, infertility, fertilizing, fertilizers, fertilization