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Meiosis
sexual reproduction | two sex cells, usually sperm and egg, come together |
sperm | forms from male reproductive organ |
eggs | forms from female reproductive organ |
fertilization | joining of sperm and egg |
zygote | cell that forms from fertilization |
diploid | regular number of chromosomes of the parent organism |
haploid | half the chromosomes of the parent organism |
meiosis | process that produces haploid sex cells |