The phrase "to fertilize the egg" means to join or combine a sperm cell and an egg cell in order to start the development of a baby or embryo.
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«fertilise»
«egg»
Sentences with «to fertilise the egg»
- Twenty healthy mouse pups were born after fertilised eggs from the treated ovaries were implanted into surrogate mothers (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1001198107). (newscientist.com)
- The other genes it contains are important for production of fully mature, motile sperm capable of fertilising an egg in the normal way. (newscientist.com)
- Scientists are also able to track individual proteins as fertilised egg cells divide. (oru.se)
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