Gametes

(From Greek gametes - husband, gamete - wife) - sex cells, in the overwhelming majority of cases having a haploid set of chromosomes; during fertilization two gametes of opposite sexes fuse to form a diploid zygote.

(From Greek gametes - husband, gamete - wife) - sex cells, in the overwhelming majority of cases having a haploid set of chromosomes; during fertilization two gametes of opposite sexes fuse to form a diploid zygote.