Examples of sperm cell in a Sentence
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Like other cells in the body, sperm cells are produced and developed with a specific objective or design.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
In typical pregnancies, therefore, the female egg cells fuse with male sperm cells to generate embryos, while the female polar bodies wither away.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Both egg and sperm cells contain mitochondria, of course; without a power supply, sperm could not move.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Using molecular biology and microscopy techniques, the researchers examined human sperm cells across their developmental stages.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
But when the sperm cells matured, a slight chemical change prevented TFAM from entering their mitochondria.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
The star’s sperm cells were quickly scooped up via glass pipettes, deposited into individual vials and transferred to the aquarium’s lab where they were cryogenically frozen.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
So regular gym sessions could actually prevent free radicals from damaging sperm cells.
—Christa Sgobba, Men's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
But Galli and his team managed to fertilize some of the eggs using a technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, where a sperm cell is directly implanted inside the egg’s cell wall.
—Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2019
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
In typical pregnancies, therefore, the female egg cells fuse with male sperm cells to generate embryos, while the female polar bodies wither away.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Both egg and sperm cells contain mitochondria, of course; without a power supply, sperm could not move.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Using molecular biology and microscopy techniques, the researchers examined human sperm cells across their developmental stages.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
But when the sperm cells matured, a slight chemical change prevented TFAM from entering their mitochondria.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
The star’s sperm cells were quickly scooped up via glass pipettes, deposited into individual vials and transferred to the aquarium’s lab where they were cryogenically frozen.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
So regular gym sessions could actually prevent free radicals from damaging sperm cells.
—Christa Sgobba, Men's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
But Galli and his team managed to fertilize some of the eggs using a technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, where a sperm cell is directly implanted inside the egg’s cell wall.
—Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2019
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1851, in the meaning defined above
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