1880, coined 1878 by German cytologist Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912), the widespread attribution to William Bateson being apparently erroneous; from Greek zygotos "yoked," from zygon "yoke" (see jugular).
例文
1. An isolated cell comes close to satisfying the likeness of a zygote .
単離された細胞が接合子の外貌に近い。
2.The zygote has a fixed complement of genetic information in its nucleus.
接合子の核には固定されたすべての遺伝情報がある。
3.The product of fertilization is the zygote .
受精の産物はヘテロ接合体である。
4.The classical literature of embryology documents these patterns in detail for the zygote .
胚胎学の古典的な文献は、合子のこれらのパターンを詳細に報告している。
5.The zygote is best appraised by stating that it is an inherently unstable entity.