Fill in the blanks. The parentheses represent choices for each blank. During human fertilization, ________ (two male gametes, two female gametes, a male gamete and a female gamete) fuse to produce a __________ (male germ cell, female germ cell, zygote).

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During human fertilization, ________ (two male gametes, two female gametes, a male gamete and a female gamete) fuse to produce a __________ (male germ cell, female germ cell, zygote).

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Reproduction is the process by which an organism gives rise to its offspring continuing its progeny. There are two types of reproduction; asexual in which only one parent is involved utilizing only the process of mitosis and the other is sexual in which two parents are involved using both mitosis and meiosis in the process. 

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