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(e) Zygote is (diploid/haploid)

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Solution

1: Fertilisation
The fusion of male and female gametes is called fertilisation. Zygote is the product formed as a result of fertilisation.

2: Ploidy of zygote
The gametes are formed as a result of meiosis. Thus the number of chromosomes is half of the number of chromosomes in the somatic cells. Therefore gametes are haploid. Since zygote is formed due to the fusion of two haploid gametes, it is diploid. Which implies zygote has two sets of chromosomes, one set from each parent.

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