Gamete vs. Zygote

Gametenoun

(cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.

Gametenoun

A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oöspore. In Zool., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.

Gametenoun

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

Gametenoun

a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

Gamete

A gamete (/ˈɡæmiːt/; from Ancient Greek γαμετή gamete from gamein ) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells, also referred to as sex cells.

Zygotenoun

A fertilized egg cell.

Zygotenoun

the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)

Zygote

A zygote (from Greek ζυγωτός zygōtos or , from ζυγοῦν zygoun or ) is a eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes. The zygote's genome is a combination of the DNA in each gamete, and contains all of the genetic information necessary to form a new individual.