Sentences with phrase «of fertilized eggs left»

But the thousands of fertilized eggs left behind were soon dried out and infested with mold.

But the thousands of fertilized eggs left behind were soon dried out and infested with mold.

Not exact matches

«Till death do us part» — for marine bristle worms, these words are invariably true: Shortly after mating, the parent worms die, leaving thousands of newly fertilized eggs to develop in the water.

When gametes are expelled, sperm are attracted by a chemical cue and swim rapidly to one pole of the egg (bottom left) in order to fertilize it.

Newly fertilized eggs before gene editing (left) and embryos after gene editing and a few rounds of cell division (right).

This doesn't achieve much in terms of controlling toad populations, because a single male can fertilize the clutches of many females — so the few lucky males that are left behind may have a pretty exciting life, and the number of fertilized eggs laid in that pond isn't reduced at all.

Loring said the study left unaddressed the contributions of the male genome to the fertilized egg and embryo.

If your egg doesn't meet up with sperm, or a fertilized egg doesn't implant in your uterus, the thick lining of your uterus isn't needed and it leaves your body during your period.