# Is a Chicken Egg Just One Enormous Cell? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-chicken-egg-just-one-enormous-cell/309822 "2005-06-25T19:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-chicken-egg-just-one-enormous-cell/309822/1 "2005-06-25T19:31:39Z")
Don’t know where this one came from, but I gots ta know. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-chicken-egg-just-one-enormous-cell/309822/2 "2005-06-25T19:37:18Z")
[Ask A Scientist](http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00128.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-chicken-egg-just-one-enormous-cell/309822/3 "2005-06-25T19:39:56Z")
Not the whole egg, but the yolk, before fertilization, is a single cell. The white and the various membranes within the shell are not part of the cell. There is a small area on the surface of the yolk that contains the cell cytoplasm, nucleus, and other cellular components. The rest of the cell is filled with yolk material. ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-chicken-egg-just-one-enormous-cell/309822/4 "2005-06-25T22:10:15Z")
Oh… ok. Thanks!!