That white dot on the egg yolk is the embryo of a chick that was supposed to form in the egg before that egg was taken away from the hen and put into cold temperatures to halt such growth from...
It is a germinal disc or a blastodisc. It is the to be fertilized, of which when fertilized is called blastoderm, embryo of the egg that feeds on the egg yolk. The above answer is quite correct,...
A large egg will contain approximately 7 grams of protein in total. The albumen (white) of the egg contains roughly an equal amount of protein as the yolk or 3.7 grams. The yolk of the egg however...
It is called chalaza and is a protein strand that helps keep the egg yolk centered in the albumen (egg white). It is more apparent in fresher eggs. There are two of them in a fresh egg.