Cell type
Sperm Cell
Sperm Cell
A sperm cell is a mature male gamete that can deliver a haploid genome to an egg during fertilization.
CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000019View source record ↗
Overview
EXPLORE BY LEVELA sperm cell is a mature male A reproductive cell with one chromosome set in many sexual life cycles; its formation differs among organisms and sexes. that can deliver a Having one chromosome set. In humans, a typical egg or sperm has one set of 23 chromosomes. genome to an egg during Fusion of reproductive cells that combines their chromosome sets in many sexual life cycles..
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AT A GLANCEBody systemReproduction & Development
Typical locationReproductive tract
Lineage / classMale gamete
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000019
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Sperm Cell is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000019).