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Sexual Reproduction
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"two sex cells, called an egg and a sperm, come together in a process called fertilization"
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Sperm
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Haploid sex cells formed in the male reproductive organs
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Eggs
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Haploid sex cells formed in the female reproductive organs
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Haploid
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Cell that has only one of each type of chromosome; produced ny meiosis
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Diploid
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Cell whose chromosomes occur in pairs
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Zygote
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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
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"in sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg"
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