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Meiosis vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| diploid | having pairs of chromosomes |
| egg | the reproductive cell of the female |
| fertilization | the fusion of an egg and sperm to form a zygote |
| haploid | having half the number of chromosomes of a diploid cell |
| meiosis | the process in which two cell divisions occur, reducing the number of chromosomes by half |
| sexual reproduction | a type of reproduction in which the sex cells of two parents combine to make offspring |