For example, imagine a science passage about oogenesis. How do you pronounce oogenesis? Who cares, just call it OG. What is OG? The process by which an ovum becomes a cell that can be fertilized.

For parthenogenesis to happen, a chain of cellular events must successfully unfold. First, females must be able to create egg cells (oogenesis) without stimulation from sperm or mating. Second, the ...

See Table 1 for a review of genetic terminology. During oogenesis and spermatogenesis, each parent contributes 23 chromosomes to the zygote through a process of chromosomal reduction called ...

During development of a single cell, the fertilized egg, is transformed into a mature organism. This remarkable transformation not only requires the generation of a large number of cells, but also ...