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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 |