Zoospore vs. Zygote

Zoosporenoun

A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi

Zoosporenoun

A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

Zoosporenoun

See Swarmspore.

Zoosporenoun

an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella

Zoospore

A zoospore is a motile asexual spore that uses a flagellum for locomotion. Also called a swarm spore, these spores are created by some protists, bacteria, and fungi to propagate themselves.

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.