When the male control culture stopped dividing, the mixed culture was examined and only female cells were found.

For the female reproductive cell, see Ovum.

Produce ova (also called "egg cells"), which are the female reproductive cells.

Zygote: The cell formed by the union of the male and female cells.

In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to, and contains, the female reproductive cells.

Male cells have a Y chromosome, and female cells do not.

The genes on one of the two X chromosomes in each female cell are silenced by methylation.

Worms are hermaphrodite, which means they have both male and female reproductive cells.

Cell division begins approximately 24 to 36 hours after the male and female cells unite.