What is an animal cell?What are the functions of animal cell?

Animal cells are the basic structural and functional units of animal tissues and organs. They are eukaryotic cells. It means that, unlike prokaryotic cells, animal cells have membrane-bound organelles suspended in the cytoplasm enveloped by a plasma membrane.

Functions of Animal Cells

A cell carries out all the processes of the body which includes producing energy and storing it, making proteins which are molecules which have roles in metabolism, transportation of other molecules and DNA replication.

both male and female gametes are produced by meiosis of the germ cells. therefore, both male and female gametes are haploid. one male and one female gamete unite during the fertilization to form the diploid zygote. in seed bearing plants, pollen grain is the male gametophyte, which produces sperm cells.