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What are gametes and zygote?

Gamete is what it's called before the egg and the sperm is fertilized. When they are fertilized, together they form a zygote!


What is the Cell produced when a male gamete fuses with a female gamete?

Scientifically speaking, the product is a zygote. A zygote is the term for a fertilized egg in its early stages of development and when it has not yet arrived at the uterus(the egg is fertilized at the fallopian tubes). When it has attached itself to the uterus, it is called a blastocyte. After 7 to 10 days after the fertilization, it is called a gastrula. When the stem cells have fully specialized, it is called a embryo.


Is a gamete a fertilized cell?

No, a gamete is a reproductive cell (sperm or egg) that has half the number of chromosomes as a regular body cell. A fertilized cell is called a zygote, which forms when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell.


What does zygote and gamete mean?

A zygote is a cell formed by the fusion of two gametes (sperm and egg) during fertilization. Gametes are specialized sex cells that combine during sexual reproduction to form a zygote, which develops into an organism.


Is sperm gamete or zygote?

It is a gamete. Fertilization produces a zygote


Does gamete have more chromosomes then a zygote?

No, a zygote has 46, a gamete has 23


What is the result of a male gamate fertilizing a female gamate?

The result of a male gamete fertilizing a female gamete is the formation of a zygote, which is the first cell of a new organism with a complete set of chromosomes. This process is called fertilization.


When a sperm and egg join what is the single cell called?

The single cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg is called a zygote.


How many genes are in each gamete?

A gamete is, by definition, a single cell.In animals a male gamete is called a spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa), or simply sperm or sperm cell. A female gamete is an ovum (pl ova), or unfertilized egg. (A fertilized egg is a zygote.)In lower plants, such as mosses and ferns, the male gamete may be called a sperm or an antherozoid.In flowering plants, the male gamete is a nucleus within the pollen grain.


Does a zygote have double or triple the number of chromosomes that a gamete has?

A zygote has twice the amount of chromosomes as a gamete.


Is A zygote is a fertilized egg.?

Yes, a zygote is a fertilized egg.


How does a zygote relate to meiosis?

A gamete is also known as a "sex cell". These are the egg and the sperm. Zygotes are fertilised eggs. This means that when the female gamete is fertilised by the male gamete, it forms a zygote.