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They are gametes that come together to form a zygote. They hold genetic information from each parent.

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How do a sperm cell and a egg cell adapt to do their jobs?

The egg cell has a chemical layer around it to stop more sperm cells coming in when a sperm cell comes in


Why do sperm cells fail to unite with egg cells?

because the sperm cells fail to find the egg cells or the sperm isn't good to unite with the egg


What are 2 kinds of sex cells that a gametophyte produces?

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When the sperm penetrate the egg cell fertilization occurs.


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He realised that sperm and egg cells were also cells


What is a sperm or egg?

Sperm and egg cells are gametes, or reproductive cells. The sperm is the male reproductive cell. The egg is the female reproductive cell.


How can you use sperm and egg in the same sentence?

sperm fertalizes the egg cells.


What 2 cells created you?

A sperm and an egg.


Is the union of egg and sperm mitosis or meiosis?

Neither. The union of a sperm and egg is called fertilization. Both sperm and egg cells are sex cells that are produced through meiosis.


Has how many chromosomes withn the egg cells?

All human gametes (sex cells), which means egg cells and sperm cells, have 23 chromosomes. When the sperm fertilises the egg, the 23 chromosomes from the egg cell and the 23 chromosomes from the sperm cell join to make cells with 46 chromosomes. In summary, all cells in the human body have 46 chromosomes, except sperm cells and egg cells, which have 23.


What word also means sperm and egg cells?

Sperm cells and egg cells named together are called gametes.