卵子与鸡蛋
These are highly confused terms for many people, which sometimes include certain biologists who claim them to be so. However, many important differences could be easily noticed when the particulars of both egg and ovum are considered. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the particular characteristics and performs a comparison between the two entities.
卵子
卵子is simply the female gamete. Since the nucleus of this reproductive cell contains only a half number of chromosomes as a usual cell does have, an ovum is considered as a haploid cell. Ova (plural of ovum) are present in both animals and embryophytes. The female reproductive cell of the plants is called the gametophyte. The early stages of an ovum are known as ovules, and the lower plants do not have ova but the structures are called asoospheres. The ova in animals are produced in the gonads or ovaries through the process called oogenesis. In most of the species of animals, ovum is easily the largest cell of the body. The largest known cell is the ovum of ostrich that becomes an egg after fertilisation. The most interesting fact of an ovum is the number of active ova at a particular time in a female is just one or very few of those. Therefore, after the ejaculation of sperms during mating, there are millions of sperms fighting for the one and only ovum to pass the genetic substances. However, the ovum is produced after few steps of producing a haploid nucleus through meiosis. The production of yolk is very important to enrich the foetus after the prospected fertilisation. Usually, the mammals have only a small amount of yolk in their ova while reptiles, fishes, birds, and other animals have a considerable amount of yolk since the females do not feed their embryos during embryonic development.
Egg
鸡蛋是卵子的受精状态,具有男配子的遗传材料。实际上,可以将卵定义为有机血管,可促进合子的胚胎发育。为了使卵成为卵,必须进行遗传物质的转移。只有动物确实有卵用于合子发育。植物中类似的功能结构称为种子或孢子。鸟类,爬行动物,两栖动物,鱼类,昆虫,甚至一些哺乳动物(单人)以卵的生命。鸡蛋能够承受许多具有硬钙化外壳的环境条件。但是,只有从水中产生的鸡蛋。鸟类,爬行动物和蒙特莱姆具有硬外壳。鸵鸟具有最大的已知鸡蛋或所有目前活的动物中的细胞,重量超过1500克,长度略小于一英尺。
What is the difference between Ovum and Egg? • Ovum is an unfertilised female gamete, while an egg is the fertilised state of the ovum. Therefore, ovum contains only maternal genes, but egg contains both maternal and paternal genes. • The genetic materials in an ovum are haploid while an egg has diploid state genetic materials. • Ovum usually does not have a hardened shell, but eggs could have such external cover in cases of terrestrial vertebrates. • The term ovum is used in other life forms other than animals as well, while the term egg is used only to refer the animal zygotes developed outside their bodies. • An ovum is always found inside the body of a plant or animal, whereas an egg is usually an encased structure laid to the exterior of the body of an animal. |
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