HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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The fertilized egg is termed a/an ____
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gamete
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allele
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homolog
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zygote
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Explanation:
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: -Following completion of oocyte meiosis, the fertilized egg (now called a zygote) contains two haploid nuclei (called pronuclei), one derived from each parent.
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