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zygogenesis (s) (noun) (no pl)
Reproduction involving the formation of a zygote or genetic duplication: Mandy read in her biology book about zygogenesis and that it involved cell fusion taking place after a female and a male animal mate.

A "zygote" is the fertilized cell that will grow into a baby animal. When a female's ovum and a male's sperm cell become one, this cell is called the "zygote".

This entry is located in the following unit: zygo-, zyg-, -zygous; zygomatico- + (page 4)