Sexual reproduction
REPRODUCTION PROCESS THAT CREATES A NEW ORGANISM BY COMBINING THE GENETIC MATERIAL OF TWO ORGANISMS
Amphimixis; Amphimictic; Gamogenesis; Digeny; Sexual reproduction (male); Male placental mammals; Female placental mammals; Sexual reproduction in animals; Sexual propagation; Sexually reproducing; Sexually reproduce; Mammalian sexual reproduction; Sexual reproduction in insects; Sexual reproduction in mammals; Reproduce sexually; Sexual reproduction in flowering plants; Sexual reproduction in angiosperms
Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete (haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote that develops into an organism composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes (diploid).John Maynard Smith & Eörz Szathmáry, The Major Transitions in Evolution, W.