Sunday, September 18, 2011

3.2 Fertilisation

  • The adult male and female gametes are formed by meiosis. 
  • When we have sufficient cells this will then be called an embryo.
  • The cells that are formed by meiosis have half as many chromosomes as the cell that formed them.
  • Fertilisation occurs when a male and female gamete join.
  • The zygote divides into a ball of cells, called the blastula which then grows to form the embryo.

1 comment:

Vaporizer said...

Fertilization is the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism. In animals, the process involves the fusion of an egg by a sperm, which ultimately leads to the development of a fetus.