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These genes are crucial for the formation and proper function of egg cells, which includes monthly ovulation and menstruation.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2024
The egg cell, too, may have components from the donor dog, such as mitochondria, that influence how the cloned dog’s DNA is expressed.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
And although those chromosomes come from both parents, nearly all humans inherit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother's egg cell.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
The iPSCs will be particularly useful if Colossal’s scientists can turn them into sperm and egg cells, something that Hysolli’s team is already working on.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1880, in the meaning defined above
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“Egg cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20cell. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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egg cell
nounMedical Definition
egg cell
noun
: ovum
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