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Fertilization is a type of sexual reproduction wherein two different organisms produce a new organism. It is basically the union of a sperm cell and an egg cell.

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What is a fertilized female egg cell called?

A fertilized egg cell is when a sperm enters an egg. The result is a fertilized egg cell, or a zygote.


What does egg cell mean?

A fertilized egg cell is when a sperm enters an egg. The result is a fertilized egg cell, or a zygote.


What is immediately produced when an animal's egg cell is fertilized by the sperm?

Zygote is immediately produced when an animal's egg cell is fertilized by the sperm.


Is a gamete an egg cell or fertilized egg?

An egg cell is a gamete, and so is a sperm cell.


What do you call the fertilized egg cell?

A fertilized cell is when a mature ovum (egg) is fertilized by a sperm. It becomes a fertilized cell. The sperm enters the ovum and the tail drops off. Then mitosis occurs and the cell continues to develop.


What is a zygote?

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What is the usefulness of a sperm cell?

A sperm cell is used to fertilize an egg from a female. The combination of the sperm and the egg produces a fertilized egg which will become a new individual.


What will the fertilized egg undergo so that it forms a baby?

cell division, after it caused the egg and sperm to fertilized


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.


After a sperm fertilizes an egg what terms is used for the resulting cell?

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

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How many sperm cells fertilized the egg cell?

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