sex cells
Sperm and ova
Sex cells are reproductive cells—sperm in males, eggs in females—that combine during fertilization to create offspring.
Unlike ordinary body cells, sex cells carry only half the genetic material, so the resulting embryo gets a complete set from both parents.
The technical term is gametes.
- spermMale reproductive cell
- gametesReproductive cells for fusion
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- spermatozoaMale reproductive cells
- haploidSingle chromosome complement
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- sex biologyY chromosome, XY, sexual differentiation, male, female
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