Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells. They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells ...

Although Mendel's principle of independent assortment states that alleles of different genes will segregate independently into gametes, in reality, this is not always the case. Sometimes ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a public workshop exploring scientific, ethical, and regulatory implications associated with the ...

Humans typically reproduce through sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are unique individuals. Half of their genes come from each parent.

This fusion of gametes is called fertilisation. Gametes are formed by a type of cell division called meiosis. In animals the gametes are sperm and eggs. In flowering plants the gametes are pollen ...

Hong Kong's Council on Human Reproductive Technology says how long one can keep gametes and eggs frozen should be treated not as a legal issue, but as a medical one The development and regulation of ...

In a sexually reproducing species, males and females are defined by the kind of gametes (reproductive cells) they produce. The individuals who produce lots of small, mobile gametes are called males.

Hong Kong authorities have proposed scrapping a law that limits the storage duration for frozen eggs, sperm, and embryos to ...