• zygote

  • [noun] A cell that is the result of the combination of two gametes (e.g., a sperm and an egg) and which contains a full set of chromosomes.

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Dalton, John

[person] English physicist, chemist and meteorologist born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland (1766-1844). Dalton published Experimental Essays on the Constitution of Mixed Gases; on…

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