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Ovum

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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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References

AQA

Egg cell, pages 251, 252, 309, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA