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Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization

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<strong>Fertilization</strong><br />

• a haploid sperm fuses with a haploid<br />

egg to form a diploid cell (a fertilized<br />

egg, or zygote)<br />

• a new combination of chromosomes<br />

• the process of fertilization, in which an<br />

egg <strong>and</strong> a sperm fuse to form a new<br />

diploid organism

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