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Sexual Reproduction
Review of major concepts
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Science
Not Applicable
03/14/2005

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Term
Sexual Reproduction
Definition
"two sex cells, called an egg and a sperm, come together in a process called fertilization"
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Sperm
Definition
haploid sex cells formed in the male reproductive organs
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Eggs
Definition
haploid sex cells formed in the female reproductive organs
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Haploid
Definition
cell that has only one of each type of chromosome; produced ny meiosis
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Diploid
Definition
cell whose chromosomes occur in pairs
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Zygote
Definition
new diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and develop into a new organism
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Fertilization
Definition
"in sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg"
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