The action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. The gametes that participate in fertilisation of plants are the sperm (male), and the egg cell, and in flowering plants a second fertilisation event involves another sperm cell and the central cell which is a second female gamete. In flowering plants there are two sperm from each pollen grain.
Homologous chromosomes, is a pair of chromosome connected by a centromere. In sexual reproduction, the chromosome of the mother and the chromosome of the father pairs together.
Answer:
Five days prior to ovulation and day of ovulation represents a six day fertile window of a women’s cycle
Explanation:
In the five days prior to ovulation and day of ovulation, the chances of conception are high. These six days represents the fertile window of a women’s cycle during which the sperm with a life span of five days and egg with a life span of 24 hours can fuse. However, likelihood of conceiving increases if two individuals mate in the first three days of these six days fertile window of women’s cycle.
