The mature egg can then be fertilized by a sperm cell, which creates a zygote — a fertilized egg cell. After fertilization, the zygote needs to successfully implant into the uterine lining ...

An egg becomes fertilized when a sperm penetrates it, creating a zygote. For the first eight weeks, the developing baby is called an embryo. It looks like a tadpole. At about three weeks ...

Semen that enters the vagina allows sperm to move through the fallopian tube, where it can meet an egg. A zygote is a ...

Mature ova are released from the ovary into the oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm to form a zygote. In humans ... and fertilisation. The egg is released from the ovary and moves ...

The mother of a set of "one in a million" identical triplets is "overjoyed" to have them home for Christmas. Hunter, Bodhi and Travis were delivered in November at the Royal United Hospital in Bath to ...

The fusion of sperm and egg gametes during human fertilization establishes a diploid zygote and initiates a series of cell divisions that result in a multicellular embryo. The blastocyst stage is ...