Who Needs Dads?
Are males actually needed for reproduction? Possibly not, but it is certainly easier with them.
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Select the correct answer. Artificial human sperm cells can be created using:
Any cell that has gone through meiosis.
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Different human cells.
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Embryonic stem cells.
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Natural sperm cells.
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Select the correct answer. What characterizes human sperm cells?
They have a flagellum.
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Their motility.
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They can fertilize a human egg.
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All of the above.
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Based on the information in the video, what is the percentage of males who cannot produce sperm at all?
10%
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I don’t know
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0.1%
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1%
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Who Needs Dads ? ‒ An interactive video
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In this video, students learn about fertility problems in males caused by the lack of sperm production, and techniques to artificially create sperm, as a potential solution. The video raises ethical issues linked to using artificial sperm cells. The questions can be answered on the basis of the information in the clip.
Sperm Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells, Biological Children, Infertility, cellular differentiation, Chromosomes, egg cells, Fertilization, reproduction, genetic disease
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