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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f257 ''Egg cell, pages 251, 252, 309, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA ''] | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 4 November 2019
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
An ovum is the female sex cell.
- Also known as: Egg Cell
Adaptations of the Ovum
- The ovum has a large volume of cytoplasm to store food.
- The ovum has a jelly coating to only allow 1 sperm cell to fertilise the ovum.
About the Ovum
- The ovum is made by the ovaries.
- The ovum is a sex cell that contains half the DNA needed to make a new human.
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