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 ...

Having more than 120 million gametes is associated with up to three more years of life. Once again, a Danish study points to ...

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.

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

Council on Human Reproductive Technology suggests amending 10-year storage cap for residents, regardless of their age, sex or ...

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 ...

The government launched on Thursday a consultation on lifting the storage period limitation for frozen eggs, sperm or embryos ...