What is a zygote ? what process leads to a zygote. Does it have a diploid or haploid number of chromosomes?
2007-03-01 19:59:39 · 3 answers · asked by maxmac97 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A zygote is a newly fertilized egg. Fertilization leads to the zygote. It is diploid.
2007-03-01 20:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two haploid cells, a sperm from a male, and an ovum from a female merge through the process of fertilization into a single diploid cell called a zygote.The human zygote than undergoes mitotic cell division to become the more complex embryo.
Haploid cells contain 1/2 the genetic content (chromosomes) of the original cell. When the two merge the full complement of chromosomes are restored in the single diploid cell or zygote.
2007-03-01 22:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by crystal fox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zygote is the fertilized egg and it has a diploid number of chromosome.(2n)
2007-03-01 21:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by leo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋