The unique diploid cell formed by the fusion of two haploid cells (often an egg and a sperm) that will divide mitotically to create a differentiated diploid organism
in a zygotic manner, in the manner of the cell which is produced by the joining of a male and female reproductive cells, by fertilized egg, by a primal embryo (Biology)
zygote
Silbentrennung
zy·gote
Türkische aussprache
zaygōt
Aussprache
/ˈzīgōt/ /ˈzaɪɡoʊt/
Etymologie
[ 'zI-"gOt ] (noun.) circa 1887. From Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtos, “yoked”) ζυγός (zugos, “yoke”).