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-	A '''gamete''' (from [[Ancient Greek]] γαμέτης ''gametes'' "husband" / γαμετή ''gamete'' "wife") is a cell that fuses with another cell during [[fertilization]] (conception) in [[organism]]s that [[sexual reproduction|reproduce sexually]]. In species that produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a [[female]] is any individual that produces the larger type of gamete—called an [[ovum]] (or egg)—and a [[male]] produces the smaller tadpole-like type—called a [[sperm]]. This is an example of [[anisogamy]] or [[heterogamy]], the condition wherein females and males produce gametes of different sizes (this is the case in humans; the human ovum is approximately 20 times larger than the human sperm cell). In contrast, [[isogamy]] is the state of gametes from both sexes being the same size and shape, and given arbitrary designators for [[mating type]]. The name gamete was introduced by the [[Austria]]n biologist [[Gregor Mendel]]. Gametes carry half the [[genetic information]] of an individual, [[ploidy|1n]] of each type.	+
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