after sperm and egg cells join during fertilization, their pronuclei come together. Each pronuclei's haploid set of chromosomes then combines to form a diploid set.
The coming together of the egg and sperm at fertilization.
singamia] the process whereby the male and female gametes find each other and join. synonymous with sexual reproduction.
If fertilisation is the 'marriage' between egg and sperm then syngamy is its 'consummation', as the male and female pronuclei come together for the respective haploid sets of chromosomes to combine into a diploid set. An event of legislative importance in the conservative Australian state of Victoria, after which permission for embryo research becomes much harder to obtain, whatever the views of the couple concerned or an ethics committee might be.
The process of union of two gametes; sometimes called fertilization. It encompasses both plasmogamy and karyogamy.
bisc333 sexual reproduction by union of gametes
The final stage of the fertilization process in which the haploid (23) chromosome sets from the male and female gametes come together following breakdown of the pronuclear membranes to form the zygote.
