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Meanings of egg cell in English

Russian
яйцеклетки
Portuguese
óvulo
Spanish
óvulos
Catalan
oòcit

Haploid female reproductive cell or gamete.

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Usage of egg cell in English
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Then an egg cell is hollowed out and the nucleus from the adult cell inserted.
Reuters
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The nucleus of a viable egg cell is replaced with a cell nucleus from a donor.
The Irish Times
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If the affected DNA is in a sperm or egg cell, these changes may be passed along to offspring.
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
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After the hybrid egg cell began dividing, it was implanted into the uterus of another animal, which carried the clone to birth.
BBC
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An inherent impulse in the ovum (protoplasm or egg cell) serves to separate the albuminous substance into groups of an opposite nature.
Valere Aude: Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regen...
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When we turn to the starting point of human development, we find an egg cell and a spermatozoon, which unite and whose nuclei intermingle.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
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The nucleus of the fertilised egg is removed from the cell and put into an egg cell from another women, which has healthy mitochondria.
BBC
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As a result, the team was able to remove the mammary gland cell's nucleus, treat it and then place into a different sheep's egg cell.
The Guardian
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The extraction of the nucleus from an egg cell is pictured in this January 31, 2012 handout photo from Oregon Health & Science University.
Reuters
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The ova, the female egg cells, are the fundamental concern of the ovary.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
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Arrows point out germ stem cells that proliferate egg cells in female mice.
Wired
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Another team generated similar cells using human egg cells only, a process called parthenogenesis.
Reuters
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However, the stem cells formed contained chromosomes from both the adult and the egg cells.
BBC
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Nuclei from the reprogrammed cells would be placed into elephant egg cells whose own genetic material has been removed.
The Guardian
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The cells of especially long-lived roundworms run some of the same genetic programs found in sperm and egg cells.
Wired
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In females, these cells generate new egg cells throughout the life of the mouse; in males, they generate new sperm.
Wired