zygote

[ US /ˈzaɪɡoʊt/ ]
[ UK /zˈa‍ɪɡə‍ʊt/ ]
NOUN
  1. (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
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How To Use zygote In A Sentence

  • Furthermore, although the pope and his bishops may truly believe a zygote is a "preborn child," the truth is that a great number of active Catholics do not, and they vote, in great numbers, accordingly. Michele Somerville: Catholic Bishops Endanger Church Tax Exempt Status
  • After a sperm and egg meet, the resulting cell is known as a zygote. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Another variation of IVF is the zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) in which the ova are checked to determine that they have been fertilized before implantation in the fallopian tube. Reproductive Technology, New (NRT).
  • We are all a chance meeting, a miscarriage and half a zygote away from being someone else or nothing at all. Times, Sunday Times
  • In "A Genetic Study of Male Sexual Orientation," a study that has now achieved almost as much renown as LeVay's, the Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and Boston University's Richard Pillard compared fifty-six "monozygotic" twins (identical twins, from the same zygote, or fertilized egg), fifty-four "dizygotic" (fraternal) twins, and fifty-seven genetically unrelated adopted brothers. Homosexuality and Biology
  • Another variation of IVF is the zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) in which the ova are checked to determine that they have been fertilized before implantation in the fallopian tube. Reproductive Technology, New (NRT).
  • Ceratopteris spores, like fucoid zygotes, divide unequally to produce a small rhizoid cell and a larger cell that develops into the thallus.
  • During the menstrual cycle, an ovum is released from one of the ovaries (the release is called ovulation), and the uterus develops an inner lining enriched with blood to prepare it for the possible implantation of a zygote. Menstrual cycle
  • A human embryo is any whole, living member of the species homo sapiens in the embryonic stage, which includes the stages of zygote, morula, and blastocyst.
  • I added it to the list on our Instructors' Blog, stated as follows:Students should be able to define dominance as a particular relationship between the effects of two alleles; dominance is said to exist when the phenotype of the heterozygote is the same as that of a homozygote for one of the alleles the 'dominant' one. How to teach about dominance
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