How many chromosomes does a human sperm cell or egg cell contain?
Biology · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Correct answer is 23 chromosomes .
The term haploid can also refer to the number of chromosomes in egg or sperm cells, which are also called gametes. In humans, gametes are haploid cells that contain 23 chromosomes, each of which a one of a chromosome pair that exists in diplod cells.
Sperm is a male reproductive cell. The sperm is a haploid cell means it contains half the number of chromosome of the parent cell. A human contains 46 chromosomes in it. Thus, mature sperm contains 23 chromosomes. After fusing with the egg (haploid cell), the sperm (haploid cell) forms zygote which is diploid.