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Biology homework...
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2007-09-05 15:46:38 · 12 answers · asked by Chi 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
EDIT:
I meant when it fertilizes the egg cell,
isn't it totipotent zygote?
2007-09-05 15:57:40 · update #1
I would think it would be called a freak, just as you would call a pregnant man.
The male's sperm does the fertilizing and it is the female's egg which becomes fertilized.
2007-09-05 15:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no fertilized sperm...I believe you meant fertilized egg. The fertilized "egg" or the union of gamates, is called a zygote. The sperm is produced by the man and then the woman produces ovum. They meet in the woman and then the sperm enters the egg to deposite genetic material.
2007-09-05 16:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by blackeagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure sperm can't be fertilized. The very beginning of the egg being fertilized is called a Zygote.
2007-09-05 15:54:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dawnmarie K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not often, some freakish variations of fertilization can consequence in a molar being pregnant, the place there is the two no coming up embryo or an embryo it extremely is basically not waiting to outlive at beginning. There are 3 techniques this could ensue: 2 sperm can fertilize one egg, with the lack of ability of the mum’s chromosomes; one sperm can enter the egg and then divide, delivering a double dose of chromosomes to the egg as a substitute of its common single dose; or an odd sperm carrying 2 units of chromosomes can fertilize the egg.
2016-10-18 02:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the EGG that gets fertilized, not the sperm, and it would be a zygote.
"Totipotency" is the ability of the egg to become fertilized. I dunno, but "totipotent zygote" seems redundant. Then again, it's been years since I took Biology.
2007-09-05 15:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sperms CANNOT be fertilized. It is only the egg that will be fertilized and the fertilized egg will be called a zygote. =)
2007-09-05 15:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by ♪£yricảl♪ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fertilized egg is a zygote.
2007-09-05 15:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by Opal 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A life.
Actually sperm cannot become fertilized, as it is the fertilizing agent. Eggs become fertilized by sperm. The pro-choice term would be a zygote.
2007-09-05 15:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
As people have said, it's a zygote. And GEEZ Ms. Blonde, using a scientific term doesn't mean everyone here is pro-choice. Take that chip on your shoulder somewhere else, will you? People like you give the rest of us pro-lifers a bad name.
2007-09-05 16:21:28 · answer #9 · answered by dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sperm cells cannot be fertilized.
2007-09-05 15:52:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋