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4 November, 16:37

Why is it important sperm and the egg to each be haploid before they fuse to become the zygote?

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    It is imporant as being haploid means that when they fuse together they produce a diploid cell. If they were not hiploid it would mean that the resulting cell would have to many chromosomes.
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