sperm cell
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Origin of sperm cell
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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“We don’t tell a man with one sperm cell that he can’t try. But for some reason, we can bully women and shame them and make them feel bad for even having hope.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
It works by targeting ovarian function in female rats and disrupting sperm cell production in males, The New York Times reported.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
By using this method in live animals, they were able to identify a specific gene, Rd3, as being crucial for maintaining sperm cell health, particularly during sperm cell development.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024
The cell produced at the end of meiosis is called a spermatid and when it reaches the lumen of the tubule and grows a flagellum, it is called a sperm cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Whether the sperm cell will reach and penetrate the egg depends upon its own supply of ATP, generated in the mitochondria thickly clustered in the neck of the cell.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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