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Is the sperm or an egg a living organism?

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Re: Is the sperm or an egg a living organism?
« Reply #20 on: 04/10/2017 14:01:38 »
These cells are not living organisms of their own. They are a part of the father or mother which they came from.

The living organism is when the sperm fertilizes the egg and you have a zygote.

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