CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL DIVISION
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egg
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ovary
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sperm
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testes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The female gamete is called an ovum or egg. The plural is ova. Ova are produced from germline cells in the ovaries.
Detailed explanation-2: -But both sexes have gonads: In females the gonads are the ovaries, which make female gametes (eggs). The male gonads make male gametes (sperm). When a baby girl is born, her ovaries contain hundreds of thousands of eggs, which stay inactive until puberty begins.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ova mature in the ovaries of females, and the sperm develop in the testes of males.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ovary produces female gametes called ‘ovum’, which is haploid in nature. It fuses with the male gamete called ‘sperm’, which is also haploid in nature and forms zygote, which is diploid.