How do you use Zygote in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cell, plus the exact meaning.
Zygote meaning
A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.
Synonyms of Zygote
Using Zygote
- The main meaning on this page is: A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.
- Useful related words include: fertilized ovum, cell.
- In the example corpus, zygote often appears in combinations such as: the zygote, diploid zygote, human zygote.
Context around Zygote
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zygote
- In this selection, "zygote" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, human, diploid, same, embryo, formed and develops stand out and add context to how "zygote" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a diploid zygote that contains and a fertilized zygote implants in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zygote" sits close to words such as abstention, actuarial and admonition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zygote
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But at some point, it splits from one zygote into two. (11 words)
As such, the zygote can end up with any combination of paternal or maternal chromosomes. (15 words)
In single-celled organisms, the zygote can divide asexually by mitosis to produce identical offspring. (15 words)
Indeed, in the human zygote there is a plenitude of information that will direct the development of the human being from its starting point to its ultimate demise presided over by the Hand of God. (35 words)
In order to prevent polyspermy and minimise the possibility of producing a triploid zygote, several changes to the egg's zona pellucida renders them impenetrable shortly after the first sperm enters the egg. (33 words)
Methylation of cytosines can also persist from the germ line of one of the parents into the zygote, marking the chromosome as being inherited from one parent or the other ( genetic imprinting ). (32 words)
Is the zygote, embryo and later fetus considered a living organism or is it considered a non-living entity like a stone or a rock? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Indeed, in the human zygote there is a plenitude of information that will direct the development of the human being from its starting point to its ultimate demise presided over by the Hand of God.
Is the zygote, embryo and later fetus considered a living organism or is it considered a non-living entity like a stone or a rock?
A human zygote, embryo, and fetus are just like a baby with a separate, real, living existence.
But at some point, it splits from one zygote into two.
Any of the possible variants of a zygote formed from maternal and paternal chromosomes will occur with equal frequency.
As such, the zygote can end up with any combination of paternal or maternal chromosomes.
As the zygote develops into an embryo, the triploid cell develops into the endosperm, which serves as the embryo's food supply.
Because the number of chromosomes is halved during meiosis, gametes can fuse (i.e. fertilization ) to form a diploid zygote that contains two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent.
For example, citation Because identical siblings come from the same zygote, they are genetically the same.
History In 1784, Spallanzani established the need of interaction between the female's ovum and male's semen to form a zygote.
Humans In human fertilization, two 1n haploid cells—an ovum ( female gamete) and a sperm cell ( male gamete)—combine to form a single 2n diploid cell called the zygote.
In animals, the zygote divides repeatedly to form a ball of cells, which then forms a set of tissue layers that migrate and fold to form an early embryo.
In humans, when an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm, the egg nucleus and sperm nucleus each contribute equally to the genetic makeup of the zygote nucleus.
In order to prevent polyspermy and minimise the possibility of producing a triploid zygote, several changes to the egg's zona pellucida renders them impenetrable shortly after the first sperm enters the egg.
In single-celled organisms, the zygote can divide asexually by mitosis to produce identical offspring.
In the majority of flowering plants, the zygote's first division is transversely oriented in regards to the long axis, and this establishes the polarity of the embryo.
It begins when a fertilized zygote implants in the female's uterus ; and ends once it leaves the uterus.
Mammals main In mammals, pregnancy begins when a zygote (fertilized ovum) implants in the female's uterus and ends once the fetus leaves the uterus.
Methylation of cytosines can also persist from the germ line of one of the parents into the zygote, marking the chromosome as being inherited from one parent or the other ( genetic imprinting ).
Plants In plants, the zygote may be polyploid if fertilization occurs between meiotically unreduced gametes.
Common combinations with zygote
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: