AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the human reproductive process, two kinds of sex cells, or gametes (GAH-meetz), are involved. The male gamete, or sperm, and the female gamete, the egg or ovum, meet in the female’s reproductive system. When sperm fertilizes (meets) an egg, this fertilized egg is called a zygote (ZYE-goat).

Detailed explanation-3: -Sex cells are formed through a particular kind of cell division called meiosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -In animals, egg cells are also known as ova (singular ovum, from the Latin word ovum meaning ‘egg’). The term ovule in animals is used for the young ovum of an animal. In vertebrates, ova are produced by female gonads (sex glands) called ovaries. A number of ova are present at birth in mammals and mature via oogenesis.

Detailed explanation-5: -An egg cell or ovum is a female reproductive cell that fuses with sperm in the process of fertilisation. This ovum develops into its mature form via a process called oogenesis. In viviparous animals, this ovum is fertilised inside the body of the females. Whereas, the embryo development takes place in the uterus.