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uranmaximum [27]
3 years ago
15

Male has 23 pairs of chromosomes and female has 23 pair of chromosomes. Then why don’t an offspring have 46 pairs of chromosomes

which is obtained by the fusion of these two eggs
Biology
1 answer:
vladimir1956 [14]3 years ago
3 0
<span><span>All cells in a eukaryote are <span>diploid, except for germ cells</span><span>. </span></span><span>Germ cells<span> (gametes) have only half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell—</span>one<span> of each pair—and are termed </span>haploid (n)<span>. In a human egg or sperm, there are </span>23 chromosomes<span>, one of which is an X or Y. </span></span><span><span>The number of chromosomes is reduced from </span>46<span> to </span>23<span> during the process of <span>meiosis. Fertilization of the egg by the sperm restores </span>the diploid number of </span>46 chromosomes<span>.


I should also clarify from your question that fertilization does not result from two ova; rather, it is an ovum and sperm.</span></span></span>
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