Sperm fertilising an egg (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Sperm fertilising an egg

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A sperm cell fertilising an egg cell. The sperm carries genes from the father to the offspring, but our research has shown it could also carry a legacy of a father's infection with the Toxoplasma parasite.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

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