Monday, May 28, 2007

Learn Something New, Day 9: Zygote

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

On this day, since nothing else has presented itself, I've decided to see what the last word is in my desktop dictionary.  And the winner is..............

Zygote

Hmmm.  I vaguely remember "zygote" from biology.

A zygote is, according to Oxford American Dictionary, "a cell formed by the union of two gametes". 

And that begs the question, "what is a gamete?"

A gamete is "a mature germ cell able to unite with another in sexual reproduction".

So gametes are momma and daddy germ cells, and zygotes are baby germ cells?  I guess so.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hallelujah! So that's all it takes! LOL. Have a wonderful tomorrow!

Anonymous said...

LOL...Know that you've mentioned it...I do remember that in school! :o)
Lisa

Anonymous said...

Think you got it in a oner, Lori