Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are ...

Generational wounds may live in our genes. New research suggests that childhood trauma leads to a difference in the epigenetics of a sperm cell, which can impact a child's development and also be ...

Fathers may carry traces of their childhood trauma in their sperm cells, a new study finds ... a University of Turku study of more than 4,000 families that looks at both environmental and genetic ...

Specialised animal cells have components that allow them to complete a specific purpose. Specialised animal cells include red blood cells, sperm ... To help animals do all the peculiar things ...