Talk:Gamete

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Awful circular definition
This is the worst kind of circular definition, very common in developmental biology:

"A gamete...is a cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually."

So a gamete is a something that's something to a gamete? How does that explain what a gamete is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.139.6.223 (talk) 04:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

first of all,a gamete is a sex cell that fuses to make sons and daughters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.223.219 (talk) 16:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

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Redundant information
The section on human sex determination is irrelevant and misleading. Although it specifies in humans, it fails to explain the complexity of sex determination across the animal kingdom. If no one disagrees, I would like to remove this section:

''In humans, an ovum can carry only an X chromosome (of the X and Y chromosomes), whereas a sperm may carry either an X or a Y; males have the control of the sex of any resulting zygote, as the genotype of the sex-determining chromosomes of a male is XY, and a female's is XX. In other words, because the Y chromosome can only be present in the sperm, it is that gamete alone which can determine whether an offspring will be a male or female.''

In it's place I would prefer to put something along the lines of:

''In many animals, sex determination is dependant on the gametes of one of the parents. For example, in humans, the male gametes may either carry an X or Y chromosome which, when combined with the chromosomes of the mothers eggs will either result in XX for a female of XY for a male zygote. However this is not the case in all organisms, for example in some birds, it is the chromosomes in the female's zygotes that determine the offspring's sex.'' Abergabe (talk) 10:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Production
This article needs a section discussing the production of gametes. -Pgan002 (talk) 10:33, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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This article is terrible.
What a horrible article. Specifically, it claims that gametes carry half of the "genetic information" of the individual. Where does the other half come from, Outer-space? It also states something unintelligible about 1n. In point of fact, the two gametes carry "all" of what will become the "genetic information" of the individual. In humans, the ova contribute both nuclear and mitochondrial (mt-DNA) genetic information, while the mt-DNA in the sperm is normally destroyed during/soon after fertilization. It fails to clearly explain the range of variation of sexual identity, from hermaphrodites, to environmentally and developmentally induced sex change. It fails to even acknowledge that there are a wide range of possible chromosome combinations XXY, XYY, etc. which may occur in addition to XX and XY in humans, and it fails to distinguish between genetic and phenotypic "sex". It falsely claims that an ovum may carry "only an X" and a sperm "either an X or a Y" [only]. This seems to have been written by a Middle school child.216.96.79.20 (talk) 14:34, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Since you know more than most help out and edit the article. Waters.Justin (talk) 22:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Not sure sex determination belongs here
I’m not entirely sure the sex determination belongs here it seems a little unrelated.CycoMa (talk) 20:38, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Haploid gametes
I’m just gonna quote what was mentioned in [| this source.] It is widely accepted that this need for complementary haploid gametes (sometimes called biparental reproduction) developed early in the origin of life. That is, offspring were produced from the union of two gametes; those that produce small gametes (sperm) are called males whereas those that produce larger gametes (eggs) are called females. This semantic dichotomy, although necessary, has shaped how we view all things sexual; that is, as elements more separate than alike.

I believe a statement like this has some use maybe here or somewhere else. What do you guys think?CycoMa (talk) 21:07, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the origin of life and the origin of eukaryotic life are two very different things. Prokaryotes preceded eukaryotes by hundreds of millions of years, and they don't have chromosomes of the kind in eukaryotes, so can't be called haploid, don't do sex, and don't have gametes. The sentence you posted is therefore lacking context and a proper frame of reference and is consequently misleading. Plant surfer  21:37, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Article Review
I feel as though this article explains the word using very complicated words that the normal person wouldn't understand. Instead of using clear and concise terms to describe what a gamete is they go around in a circle to try and explain, "Cell that fuses with another gamete". I also noticed that a few of the hyperlinks in the reference section do not bring me to the correct article that was used. Someone might need to go back through and check that the citations are correct.

I think this article is okay but could use some work so that it gives more information in fewer redundant words. PaigeHerkemij (talk) 01:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Bio 401 Cell Biology S2024
— Assignment last updated by Anonymouslycool22 (talk) 16:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Bio 401 Cell Biology Editing
The introduction paragraph has been edited by the addition of a citation, and a date. The body paragraphs that have been edited, and added to are the subtopics evolution of gametes, gametic and somatic cells, and the sexual determination body paragraphs. These body paragraphs have had more information added to them regarding the topic of gametes, and how their used within their environments. All of the new information has been cited, and edited. I hope this additional information helps this article. Anonymouslycool22 (talk) 14:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)