Talk:Ovum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WikiProject Medicine This article is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine. Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at the doctor's mess.
Start This page has been rated as Start-Class on the quality assessment scale
Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance assessment scale
Molecular and Cellular Biology WikiProject
MCB Portal
This article is within the scope of the Molecular and Cellular Biology WikiProject. To participate, visit the WikiProject for more information. The WikiProject's current monthly collaboration is focused on improving Restriction enzyme.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale.
Top This article is on a subject of Top-importance within molecular and cellular biology.

Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · history · refresh · how to use this template)

rated top as high school/SAT biology content - tameeria 14:55, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is very animal-centric. It needs a section on egg cells in plants and algae, e.g. ova production in oogonia and female gametophytes. - tameeria 19:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

New research (Nature, around March? 2004) doubts if all ova are already present at birth. In case of a mouse, Helloo :D:D. It is unclear if the same is possible for human beings. Also it is unclear of these ova can become embryo's. -- July 2005

Is it just me, or is the latin origin of the word ovum explained twice in the first paragraph? --IronChris 03:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is. Someone should do something about that. --Romarin 04:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Done. --Romarin 04:46, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simpler

Would it not be smarter to make the introduction simpler?--Filll 10:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

An ovum (plural ova) is a haploid female reproductive cell or gamete.

  • haploid? awkward definition of gamete.

The word is derived from Latin, meaning egg or egg cell.

  • could be worded better

Both animals and embryophytes have ova.

  • embryophyte?

The term ovule is used for the young ovum of an animal.

  • not quite sure what this means.

In some plants, such as algae, it is also called oosphere.

  • what about trees? This sentence is awkward.

These are my comments for whatever they are worth,--Filll 18:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


And, uhh... A womaqn is born with exactly how many ovums? Mike(Talk)/(Cont) 00:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)




EXCUSE ME! This is interesting and all but do they have YOLKS?!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.176.94 (talk) 03:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Merge to Egg (biology)

I'm a little troubled that this article exists side by side with Egg. Any thoughts on merging this article into that one? arkuat (talk) 06:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Or perhaps, as an editor suggests on Talk:Egg (biology), that article ought to be renamed Egg (bird) or Shelled egg or something like that, and more general material in that article that is not specific to that topic removed to this article. arkuat (talk) 06:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I now think (based on the categories that Ovum has been assigned to) that part of this page ought to be split to a new article Human egg or Human ovum. Unfortunately, WP:Split doesn't make it clear how to suggest this with a tag. arkuat (talk) 06:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)