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Question
Trace the path a male gamete takes to fertilise a female gamete after being released from the penis.
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Solution
Male gamete (sperm) travels in the female reproductive tract after being released. The path which it takes to fertilise the female gamete (egg) is the vagina, uterus, fallopian tube resulting in a zygote; Alternatively, accept the labelled figure of the human female reproductive system indicating the passage of sperm from vagina to uterus and then to fallopian tube for fertilisation resulting in a zygote.
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