Synopsis
Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows what happens in the moments a sperm cell meets an egg cell.
- Programme: Inside the Human Body
- Episode: 01: Creation
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Biology | Reproduction, genetics and evolution | Reproduction | Fertilisation
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