2006-10-12 07:28:46 · 2 answers · asked by lele baby 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
In the process of meiosis there are 4 cells produced, each being a haploid cell or containing 23 chromosomes total. In the sperm all 4 offspring cells are used. In the female the process of meiosis is arrested in the diplotene stage. Just prior to ovulation the process of meiosis proceeds and 4 cells are produced just like sperm. But in the female only one egg is normally ovulated so what happens to the other 3. Well in the female the process of meiosis produces one very large egg with all the cytoplasm and everything it needs to be ovulated, the other 3 are called polar bodies and they contain 23 chromosomes, and just enough cytoplasm to be called a cell. The fate of the polar bodies is simply to degenerate. Just to be complete the egg is the largest cell in the human body and can be visible under the right conditions with the naked eye.
2006-10-12 09:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by mr.answerman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
eggs (im not very familiar with seeds) are gametes. they contain half the chromosomal set. to achieve this, they undergo meiosis.
(do not confuse with mitosis which is simply the duplication of the cell thus it produces a diploid unlike in meiosis which produces a haploid cell.)
2006-10-12 08:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by abstemious_entity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋