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Crott117 t1_itw7bdr wrote

Because the sperm is fertilizing the egg. The egg is the one that begins cell division after the sperm delivers its dna payload.

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BaldBear_13 t1_itw7g9j wrote

Because it is an egg that has been fertilized with a sperm.

it is just the expression: sperm fertilizes the egg.

You might be confusing it with "planted seed". With plant seeds, the expression is different.

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ADDeviant-again t1_itw7szo wrote

Probably because the egg is like, a couple thousand times bigger than the sperm, and has more of the machinery already in it to make a cell. They are both zygotes, but the sperm really only contributes DNA.

Sperm has more to it than just DNA, like chemical receptors and a swimming tail", but the sperm goes into the egg and combines their DNA, the egg doesn't go in the sperm.

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Skusci t1_itw79xl wrote

Dunno man, sounds like a Mac and Cheeseable microwave.

Like you -could- heat the Mac and Cheese on a stovetop, but what else would you use a microwave for really :D

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