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A zygote is formed when two sets of gametes unite - mainly a mother's egg and a father's sperm. Each parental unit donates 23 chromosomes in their haploid gametes which combine to give the zygote (future offspring) 46 chromosomes (except in cases of non-disjunction) and create a diploid cell that it genetically unique from the parent cells.