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. 2015 Sep 3;6:14. doi: 10.1186/s13293-015-0033-y

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Sex dimorphism in energy metabolism at the level of the gametes. The male spermatozoa (left) share only their genes. The female, by way of the fertilized egg (right), provides not only her genes but also the energy stores and the nutrients contained in the cytosol of the egg and the mitochondria