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The cell formed after fertilization by sperm and egg is called a zygote. A zygote is a diploid cell, meaning a cell that has two sets of chromosomes (one from egg, one from sperm).
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∙ 13y agogamates. Upon fertilization they become one zygote
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∙ 11y agosperm cell is the typical sperm of most animals has a head containing the nucleus and acrosome
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∙ 7y agoEgg and sperm cells are collectively called gametes.
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∙ 8y agoSperm and eggs are sex cells.
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∙ 9y agoreproductive cells
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What word also means sperm and egg cells?
Sperm cells and egg cells named together are called gametes.
Sperm and egg cells result from a special type of cell division called?
Sperm and egg cells are the result of meiosis.
What is the sperm and egg cells is called?
Internal fertilisation.
When a sperm unites with an egg what is the fertilized egg?
The gametes, or "sex cells" - the sperm and ovum (egg) - become the fertilized egg (zygote) when they fuse.
What are 2 kinds of sex cells that a gametophyte produces?
sperm cell and egg cells
What word also means sperm and egg cells?
Sperm cells and egg cells named together are called gametes.
What is the joining of egg cells and sperm cells called?
Conception
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.
Sperm and egg cells result from a special type of cell division called?
Sperm and egg cells are the result of meiosis.
Organisms reproductive cells such as sperm or egg cells are called?
gametes
What are an organism's reprodutive cells such as the sperm or egg called?
this is called prophase
What are egg and sperm cells called?
They are called sex cells, or to be more scientific, gametes.
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 the cells called that are made from meiosis?
gametes, sperm, egg
What is the sperm and egg cells is called?
Internal fertilisation.
What is the union of egg and sperm to produce new cells?
Once a sperm enters the egg, fertilisation of the egg begins.
When a sperm unites with an egg what is the fertilized egg?
The gametes, or "sex cells" - the sperm and ovum (egg) - become the fertilized egg (zygote) when they fuse.
