how many chromosomes are in the nucleus of a sperm cell?
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In a human egg or sperm, there are 23 chromosomes, one of which is an X or Y. A human egg is haploid (has 23 chromosomes) and a sperm is haploid (has 23 chromosomes). Upon fertilization, the new baby now has the 'correct' human number of 46 chromosomes in each of its somatic cells.
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In humans, the reduction division results in two sperm cells each with 23 chromosomes or an egg cell with 23 chromosomes and one discarded polar body. The second division – or meiosis II – is called equational division. The two sperm cells split again producing four sperm cells, each with 23 or n chromosomes.
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The human body consists of millions of cells; each cell (liver, intestinal etc) contains 23 pairs of chromosomes except for germ cells (egg and sperm) and red blood cells. Thus a total of 46 chromosomes are present in human cells. There are 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes.
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In human reproduction, each cell contains 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. Meiosis in the parents' gonads produces gametes that each contain only 23 chromosomes that are genetic recombinants of the DNA sequences contained in the parental chromosomes.
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Human diploid cells have 46 chromosomes (the somatic number, 2n) and human haploid gametes (egg and sperm) have 23 chromosomes (n). Retroviruses that contain two copies of their RNA genome in each viral particle are also said to be diploid.
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Sperms are formed in testes of males and ova are formed in ovaries of females. One of the main components of a cell is the nucleus. The nucleus contains the chromosomes. Different species have different numbers of chromosomes, dogs have 78 chromosomes in each cell, 39 pairs (see table 1).
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*Meiosis results in the formation of gametes. Fertilization results in the formation of a zygote. All of the cells in the body, except for sperm and eggs, have 46 chromosomes.
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In the case of humans, this means that parent cells have two chromosomes and gametes have one. All of the gametes in the mother's eggs possess X chromosomes. The father's sperm contains about half X and half Y chromosomes.
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The sperm cell, i.e., the male gametes of the fly would contain 6 chromosomes as the reproductive cell or sex cell which contain half the total no. of chromosomes in a species.
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During fertilization, gametes from the sperm combine with gametes from the egg to form a zygote. The zygote contains two sets of 23 chromosomes, for the required 46. Most women are 46XX and most men are 46XY, according to the World Health Organization.
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When the sperm and egg cells unite at conception, each contributes 23 chromosomes so the resulting embryo will have the usual 46. Meiosis also allows genetic variation through a process of DNA shuffling while the cells are dividing. Mitosis and meiosis, the two types of cell division.
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Normally, meiosis causes each parent to give 23 chromosomes to a pregnancy. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the union leads to a baby with 46 chromosomes.
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During sexual reproduction, fertilization of the ovum (n, 23 chromosomes) by the sperm (n, 23 chromosomes) restores the diploid number and creates a zygote (2n, 46) that divides and grows by mitosis to form a multicellular human.
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The human body consists of millions of cells; each cell (liver, intestinal etc) contains 23 pairs of chromosomes except for germ cells (egg and sperm) and red blood cells. Thus a total of 46 chromosomes are present in human cells.
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Germ cells contain a complete set of 46 chromosomes (23 maternal chromosomes and 23 paternal chromosomes). By the end of meiosis, the resulting reproductive cells, or gametes, each have 23 genetically unique chromosomes.
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In humans, the male gamete is called sperm, and the female gamete is called an egg. When the gametes join they form a cell called a zygote. Human sperm and eggs contain 23 chromosomes. Human zygotes contain 46 chromosomes.
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In humans, gametes are haploid cells that contain 23 chromosomes, each of which a one of a chromosome pair that exists in diploid cells.