# Gamete --- **Gametes** are the basically egg and sperm of sexually [[reproduction|reproducing]] organisms. They are [[ploidy|haploid]], and the product of [[meiosis]]. They are produced and stored in an organism's [[reproductive system|gonads]] In females the gamete are [[oocyte|oocytes]], and in males they are [[sperm]]. When the oocyte and sperm come together, this act is called [[fertilization]] and results in a [[ploidy|diploid]] cell called a [[prenatal development|zygote]]. ___