Zygote

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The cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg

Real World Example

Imagine trying to combine two jigsaw puzzles into one coherent picture. Just like aligning the pieces of two puzzles to form a single, complete image, a zygote is formed when a sperm and an egg come together and merge their genetic material to create a new organism. In this analogy, each jigsaw puzzle represents the unique set of genetic information from the sperm and the egg, and the zygote is the single, unified picture that emerges from their successful combination.

Practice Version

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