A zygote is formed ____

a. after a fertilized egg undergoes mitotic divisions to mature
b. by the fusion of male and female somatic cells
c. by the fusion of egg and sperm nuclei
d. directly by meiosis in fungi
e. by the mitotic divisions of spores in plants


ANSWER: c

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