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- Dictionarygamete/ˈɡamiːt/
noun
- 1. 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.
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A gamete 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. The name gamete was introduced by the German cytologist Eduard Strasburger in 1878. Wikipedia