Answer:
In reproduction, when male sperm cells fuse with female egg cells, a zygote is formed. In this zygote, half genes comes from male and half cells comes from female forming a diploid organism. Diploid means double number of chromosomes. When this zygote matures, it becomes a new organism.
Explanation : Characteristics can be inherent from parents to their childrens in the process of sexual reproduction. In meg, some characteristics comes from her father i. e. hair color while some characteristics comes from her mother i. e. appearance.
