Human sperm and eggs contain 23 chromosomes. Human zygotes contain 46<span> chromosomes. The type of cell division that produces gametes with half the normal chromosome number is called meiosis. It is used to produce cells for repair and asexual reproduction.</span>
Speciation, the evolutionary process by which new species are formed, is clearly responsible for the ultimate generation of species diversity over geologic time.
The phenotype is the observable traits of an organism. You know, the behavioral trait, development, that sort of thing.