AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -zygote, fertilized egg cell that results from the union of a female gamete (egg, or ovum) with a male gamete (sperm). In the embryonic development of humans and other animals, the zygote stage is brief and is followed by cleavage, when the single cell becomes subdivided into smaller cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -The male gamete, or sperm, and the female gamete, the egg or ovum, meet in the female’s reproductive system. When sperm fertilizes (meets) an egg, this fertilized egg is called a zygote (ZYE-goat). The zygote goes through a process of becoming an embryo and developing into a fetus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Medically, a zygote is termed as zygocyte. The embryo is termed as a diploid eukaryote. The mitosis of zygote results in the formation of an embryo. An embryo is a stage following the zygote stage. The process of formation of the zygote is known as fertilization.

Detailed explanation-4: -The zygote represents the embryonic stage of child development. This is also referred to as a fertilized ovum since it results from the fusion of an egg cell and a sperm cell. Actually, the sperm and egg nuclei just join together to produce it. Also, it is a single-celled organism.