Access

Published online 22 November 1999 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news991125-4

News

Size and the single sex cell

Sperm cells are among the smallest cells in the human body. Egg cells, in contrast, are among the largest.

Comments

Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.

There are currently no comments.