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The exterior membrane of a dunnart ovum, which is about 0.2 millimetres in diameter, turns out to be very difficult to penetrate, Ord explained.
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D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
The ovum carrying the new genetic material is allowed to develop into an embryo and then transferred into the womb of a surrogate, which ultimately gives birth to an exact duplicate of the animal from which the donor cell was taken.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Kate Mara Before welcoming her daughter in 2019, Fantastic Four and House of Cards actress Kate Mara experienced a miscarriage known as a blighted ovum.
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Mia Taylor,
Parents,
16 Oct. 2024
If a sperm cell carrying an X chromosome fertilizes the ovum, the fetus will be genetically female.
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Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
19 Sep. 2024
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D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
The ovum carrying the new genetic material is allowed to develop into an embryo and then transferred into the womb of a surrogate, which ultimately gives birth to an exact duplicate of the animal from which the donor cell was taken.
—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Kate Mara Before welcoming her daughter in 2019, Fantastic Four and House of Cards actress Kate Mara experienced a miscarriage known as a blighted ovum.
—
Mia Taylor,
Parents,
16 Oct. 2024
If a sperm cell carrying an X chromosome fertilizes the ovum, the fetus will be genetically female.
—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
19 Sep. 2024
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“Ovum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ovum. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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ovum
noun
plural ova
-və 
: a female gamete : macrogamete
especially
: a mature egg that has undergone reduction, is ready for fertilization, and takes the form of a relatively large inactive gamete providing a comparatively great amount of reserve material and contributing most of the cytoplasm of the zygote
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