• 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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Bateson, William

[person] (August 8, 1861 - February 8, 1926) A British geneticist who was the first person to use the term genetics to…

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