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A zygote is a fertilized egg.

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Q: After a sperm fertilizes an egg what terms is used for the resulting cell?
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Why is a zygote form?

A zygote is the single cell that forms when a sperm fertilizes the egg. A zygote forms because a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell.


What goal does a sperm have?

Sperm fertilizes the woman's egg cell.


What develops after a plant sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell?

A spore


Why is meiosis important to process of sexual reproduction?

Meiosis results in haploid gametes, sperm and egg cells. When the sperm fertilizes the egg, the resulting cell will be diploid, which is the condition of normal body cells.


Which is produced after a plant sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell?

sweet nectar


What a sperm cell of ovum is called?

There's no such thing. The sperm cell comes from a boy. Ovum is another word for egg cell which is in a girl. When a sperm cell finds an "ovum" it fertilizes it and it travels to the uterus to develop eventually into a baby.


Is sperm male or female?

Sperm is neither male nor female, it is a single cell - the egg determines whether the baby will be male or female.The sperm is the male sex cell, and it has two chromosomes ..... one "X" chromosome and one "Y" chromosome. Females have 2 "X" chromosomes. If the male sperm fertilizes the female egg with an "X" chromosome, the resulting baby will be a girl, but if the male sperm fertilizes the egg with a "Y" chromosome, the resulting baby will be a boy.The male of our species always determines the sex of the child.


What is the name of the cell when sperm fertilizes egg?

The cell that fertilises the egg cell is called the sperm cell. _-------O That's how a sperm cell looks like <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


How is sperm cell related to human sexuality?

The male's sperm cell combines with the female egg or ovum; fertilizes it and is the start of embryo formation.


What do you do with you sperm?

Well, the sperm comes out of a man's penis and into the woman he is having sex with and the sperm fertilizes her egg cell and thus a baby is born.


What happens during fertiliaztion?

Sperm cells(from male) fertilizes the egg cell(from female)


Where do mutations takes place?

They occur during cell division and at the time when the sperm fertilizes the egg.