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Sperm, also known as spermatozoon, is a male reproductive cell. Sperm cells are formed during a biological process known as spermatogenesis which includes meiosis during which the chromosome number is cut in half. In most animals, sperm cells develop a tail known as flagellum which allows mobility. When a sperm cell fuses with an egg cell, a female reproductive cell, during fertilization, a new organism develops.
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OCT 01, 2016
Videos
Ever since men and women understood how to have children, they've also been trying to understand how to prevent this pro
...
SEP 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A parthenogenote is derived from an unfertilized egg. Mammalian parthenogenotes are haploid, meaning they have only one
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Identical twin formation in humans seem to fascinate the masses. To our brains, which are programmed to see everyone dif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Videos
Humans have two different types of DNA: nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The one that usually gets the majority of publici
...
JUL 18, 2016
Videos
It may seem like sparks (the literal and figurative kind) only happen in the movies. But as it turns out, sparks are a r
...
JUL 02, 2016
Videos
Our genes make us. They decide our height, the sound of our voice, and even how athletic we are. Yet, how is it that ide
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 29, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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...
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JUN 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
rimary cilia have moved from the background of cell biology into the forefront of research. Now known to be present on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Chimeric organisms are ones that are made up of cells or tissues from more than one individual, most commonly thought of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The quest for male contraception is ongoing and may have gotten a little boost, as researchers at University of Virginia
...
MAR 25, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
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Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
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Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
MAR 11, 2016
Videos
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...
FEB 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells,
...
FEB 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
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Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
JAN 26, 2016
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DEC 31, 2015
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...
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