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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sexual Reproduction | The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). |
| Sperm | Haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs. (in humans) |
| Egg | the female reproductive system. |
| Fertilization | The action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. |
| Zygote | A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum. |
| Diploid | (of a cell or nucleus) Containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. |
| Haploid | (of a cell or nucleus) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. |
| Meiosis | A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each with half the chromosome number of the parent cell. |