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By late summer, nuclei containing the edited genome were inserted into dog ova whose DNA had been removed.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The ova were left to grow into embryos and 45 were transferred into the wombs of two domestic hound mixes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Usually those with testes can produce sperm, and those with ovaries produce ova—but not always.
—Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
The bill defines a female as someone whose reproductive system produces ova, and a male as someone whose reproductive system can fertilize ova.
—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 24 May 2023
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The ova were left to grow into embryos and 45 were transferred into the wombs of two domestic hound mixes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Usually those with testes can produce sperm, and those with ovaries produce ova—but not always.
—Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
The bill defines a female as someone whose reproductive system produces ova, and a male as someone whose reproductive system can fertilize ova.
—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 24 May 2023
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“Ova.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ova. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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