How many eggs do you think were released by the ovary of a female dog which gave birth to 6 puppies?
A female dog giving birth to six puppies denotes that at the time of ovulation six eggs or ovum were released. In mammals, ovulation is the phase in the menstrual cycle when an egg is released by the ovarian follicles. The egg is the female gamete and is also known as ova or oocyte that when fused with the male gamete, sperm, gives rise to an offspring. One egg fuses with one male gamete, thus, one offspring. But in polyovulatory species, more than one egg or ova is discharged in a single ovarian cycle and on fusion with male gametes, the same number of offspring as the ova are born. Final Answer Six eggs were released by the ovary of a female dog that gave birth to 6 puppies.
