After fertilisation, the resulting cell which gives rise to a new individual is the ________________.

embryo

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ovum

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foetus

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zygote

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Solution

The correct option is D zygote

Fertilisation involves the fusion of sperm and the egg resulting in the formation of zygote.

It is the beginning of the formation of a new individual.

All the multicellular animals start their life from a single cell called zygote.

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(a) Each sperm is a single cell.

(b) A new human individual develops from a cell called gamete.

(d) A zygote is formed as a result of fertilisation.

(e) External fertilisation takes place in frog.

(f) An embryo is made up of a single cell.

(g) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.

(h) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.

(i) The hens give birth to chicks like human beings give birth to babies.

(j) Amoeba reproduces by budding.

(k) Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction.

(l) Fertilisation is necessary even in asexual reproduction.

(m) Cloning is a sexual reproduction method in mammals.

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