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Short answer: rarely.
Long answer: First, understand that a newly-laid egg contains only one cell. The rest is a yolk (the food source for a growing embryo) suspended in (an?) albumen (the white). So it's a little odd to talk about a whole egg being alive, but let's go with it.
The definition of "life" is a little squishy on the cell level. Something is usually considered alive if a typical one can reproduce, but a sperm cell is still considered alive before uniting with an egg cell.
So initially, the unfertilized egg cell in an unfertilized egg is alive. But after the eggshell hardens and the egg is laid, it's anyone's guess. I wouldn't be surprised if there were research somewhere on when the egg dies, but unless parthenogenesis (roughly speaking, a virgin birth) occurs quickly, the egg's probably dead.
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∙ 10y agoIt can not be told until the birth unless testing is done later in pregnancy.
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What is an unfertilized egg located in the oogonium?
An unfertilized egg located in the oogonium is called an oosphere. An oogonium is the female reproductive structure in some fungi and algae.
When can a sperm fertilize an egg and why?
When a fertile sperm reaches near a mature unfertilized egg, the capability of sperm to pears through the egg cell wall and discharge its nucleus makes it possible to fertilize the egg. This union of male and female gametes to form zygote is called fertilization.
How do the sperms from the male body travels and fuses with the egg of the female body?
The male and female will have to get married.
Is a male or female cell bigger?
the egg.
How many genes are in each gamete?
A gamete is, by definition, a single cell.In animals a male gamete is called a spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa), or simply sperm or sperm cell. A female gamete is an ovum (pl ova), or unfertilized egg. (A fertilized egg is a zygote.)In lower plants, such as mosses and ferns, the male gamete may be called a sperm or an antherozoid.In flowering plants, the male gamete is a nucleus within the pollen grain.
What is an egg and where is it?
An egg is produced by an overy.An egg is an unfertilized female gamete.
Type of reproductuon in which an embryo is produced from an unfertilized egg?
It's called asexual reproduction, when there is no male contribution, or there is no male-female differentiation. Parthenogenisis
What is an egg where is it produced?
An egg is produced by an overy.An egg is an unfertilized female gamete.
What is unfertilized egg in a menstrual cycle?
An unfertilized egg is an egg that has not met with sperm to create a zygote. If an egg is not fertilised then it is reabsorbed into the body and a female then goes on to menstruate.
Which egg of honey bees hatch in to male and which in to female?
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
What is an unfertilized egg located in the oogonium?
An unfertilized egg located in the oogonium is called an oosphere. An oogonium is the female reproductive structure in some fungi and algae.
Do alligators lay jellied eggs?
alligators lay their eggs in a little hole
What is necessary for blood formation to begin in an unfertilized egg?
Male sperm
Does a female turtle egg need to be fertalized by a male after laid?
Turtles are not fish. The eggs are fertilized when the turtles mate, if a female lays eggs before mating then the eggs will be unfertilized and will never get fertilized.
How and where are eggs grown?
Chickens are the leading producers of eggs.
Is An unfertilized egg is recycled and returned to the ovaries?
It is expelled from the female body at the next period.
What is the purpose of the menstrual cycle in female?
The purpose of the female mentrual cycle is to eliminate an unfertilized egg and the uterine lining.
