No - a zygote will be diploid.
The sperm and egg are haploid - but they combine to create the zygote - which means it will have 2 sets of chromosomes.
The haploid cells are the sperm and egg cell.
A sperm cell
A zygote is diploid, it is formed by the union of a male sex cell (a sperm) and a female sex cell (an ovum) both of which are haploid.
A haploid cell has half the usual number of chromosomes, a diploid cell has the full set, and a zygote is formed when two haploid cells combine to create a diploid cell.
No, a zygote is a diploid because it has the full number of 46 (23pairs) of chromosomes. Two gametes one from the male one from the female meet to form a zygote. gametes = haploid everything else = diploid
This would be a zygote
If a haploid cell would attempt to perform meiosis it would split in to two cells. This process is called mitosis.
the zygote
a sperm cell
The diploid cell that results from fertilization is called a zygote. It is a product of the fusion of two haploid gametes, the sperm and the egg.
The zygote is the only diploid cell in the life cycle of an organism that is formed by the fusion of two haploid gametes, typically an egg and a sperm. It contains a full set of chromosomes, half from each parent, and has the potential to develop into a multicellular organism through cell division and differentiation.
two haploid gametes fuse to produce a zygote which develops into a diploid sporophyte. <3, Katie:)