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The life and death of a seed Seeds are essentially plant embryos, arising when pollen lands on a flower and fertilizes an egg cell; the embryos are often encased by energy-supplying tissues, a shell and sometimes fleshy fruit.
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Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
Once that egg cell had developed into an embryo, it was implanted into a surrogate dog.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
But other researchers note that the sample size isn’t big enough to confidently conclude that trauma passes from generation to generation through the germline—in this case via egg cells.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 27 Feb. 2025
That udder cell was inserted into an empty egg cell from another sheep, and over six days, a team at the Roslin Institute carefully studied it in a test tube, looking for signs of normal development.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2025
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Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
Once that egg cell had developed into an embryo, it was implanted into a surrogate dog.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
But other researchers note that the sample size isn’t big enough to confidently conclude that trauma passes from generation to generation through the germline—in this case via egg cells.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 27 Feb. 2025
That udder cell was inserted into an empty egg cell from another sheep, and over six days, a team at the Roslin Institute carefully studied it in a test tube, looking for signs of normal development.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Egg cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20cell. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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