Gamete is the name for the two types of male and female cell that join together to make a new creature. a type of cell which joins with another cell, starting the development of a baby or other young creature (gameta, from gametes )
Male and female reproductive cells are called gametes Each gamete contributes half of the genetic material needed to create a whole offspring The male gamete is represented by the pollen grain and the female gamete by the ovule
Mature male or female reproductive cell (sperm or ovum) with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 for humans) Source : Human Genome Project Information; PhRMA Genomics
1) biology a mature germ cell able to fuse with another in sexual reproduction 2) EDGE a copy made of a genotype for the purpose of recombining with other genotypes
Sperm produced by the male organism or eggs produced by the female organism, which contain one haploid set of chromosomes, they unite to cause fertilization and a diploid zygote
= The sexual cell, male and female, which combine to start the development of a new baby Each gamete has one half of the total chromosomes needed for each new individual This is sexual reproduction See Meiosis
A single celled organism containing half the normal number of chromosomes of its parent species, it is the scientific term which describes both an individual sperm and an individual egg (the egg contains half the chromosomes of the mother, the sperm contains half the chromosomes of the father) When two gametes participate in fertilization, the resulting zygote contains a full complement of chromosomes of the parent species (resulting in a child that looks like you but that acts like your spouse!)