The placenta (from Greek plakuos, flat cake) is an organ created from the zygote that links two individuals, the mother and the fetus. Throughout the pregnancy, placental mass maintains a dynamic relationship with the weight of developing fetus. The...

The discovery of the mammalian ovum brought the realization that human reproduction occurred in the same way as did that of other animals. In the second half of the nineteenth century, microscopic techniques improved enough to allow scientists to...

EGG. The egg has aroused feelings of wonder in cultures all over the world. Its smooth, elliptical shell conceals the mystery of new life in formation. The sight of an egg hatching and a young creature bursting out from an apparently lifeless object...

The egg, or ovum, is the gamete (reproductive sex cell) produced by most female animals. It is fertilized by the sperm, which is the male gamete. The term "egg" is commonly used to include the acellular structures that surround the ovum....

An "ovum" (plural ova) is a haploid female reproductive cell or gamete. The word is derived from Latin, meaning egg or egg cell. Both animals and embryophytes have ova. The term ovule is used for the young ovum of an animal, as well as the plant...

She stared at the cracks in the ceiling, white cracks in white plaster that waved, fluctuated, grew into other cracks, other images. A sharp line and then one that rounded perpendicular to the first: her mother's neck and shoulders. She remembered the house in...

WLL increasingly an alternative to DSP lines A new report from Ovum warns new entrants planning to deploy broadband technologies such as digital subscriber line may find the cost and complexity discouraging, and other access methods such as wireless local loop are...

International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy software provider Telelogic AB for $745 million in cash, bolstering IBM's portfolio for the defense, telecommunications and automotive industries.IBM said Telelogic will fit into its Rational software division, which also was boosted with IBM's purchase...

Technology consultancy Capgemini will begin recommending Google Inc.'s online suite of office software to its corporate customers, bolstering the Internet search leader's effort to drum up more sales to big businesses.The partnership announced Monday represents the first time one of the world's top technology consulting...