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, and each cell carries only one copy of each ...

noted that activated oocytes alone were not viable; similarly, adding the nucleus from an egg to a regular oocyte ... in the mature gamete and the cells originating from the zygote that this ...

Sexual reproduction involves the joining of two sex cells or gametes – the sperm (male gamete) and the egg or ovum (female gamete). The male and female reproductive system The male reproductive ...