egg cell - Biology Forum

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Jelanen 19 years, 2 months ago

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- August 19, 2005 at 7:28 pm #1711
  brookelyn
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  Can someone please tell me why an egg cell is able to get so big?? Thanks!
- August 20, 2005 at 1:13 pm #28695
  victor
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  I think it’s the ability of the cell itself. Cell is modified so it can reproduce and doing a differentation..it depends on their gene.
- August 20, 2005 at 5:51 pm #28701
  Poison
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  After fertilization, some time passes before placenta formation. So the zygote needs energy, therefore nutrients. Egg cell is big because it contains nutrients for the new cell to divide.
- August 23, 2005 at 10:21 pm #28803
  Jelanen
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  Not only that, stratification of substances in the oocyte (egg) sets up future divisions and what those daughter cells turn into down the road (differentiation). Amazing things those oocytes.
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