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The 'combination cell' formed during sexual reproduction/fertilisation is called:

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The 'combination cell' formed during sexual reproduction/fertilisation is called:

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The 'combination cell' formed during sexual reproduction/fertilisation is called a zygote.

Here are the steps of how it is formed:

  1. Sexual reproduction begins with the process of meiosis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half. This results in the formation of sex cells or gametes (sperm in males and eggs in females) that contain only one set of chromosomes.

  2. During fertilisation, a sperm cell and an egg cell fuse together. This process is called syngamy.

  3. The resulting cell from this fusion is called a zygote. The zygote contains two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, and thus has the full number of chromosomes for the species.

  4. The zygote will then begin to divide and grow into a new organism through the process of mitosis.

So, the 'combination cell' formed during sexual reproduction/fertilisation is called a zygote.

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