In humans, the normal body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each of those chromosomes has been inherited from the organism's parents. Which of the parents contributes the greater number of chromosomes?
Biology · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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In humans, the normal body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each of those chromosomes has been inherited from the organism's parents. Both parents contributes the equal number of chromosomes. Egg and sperm cells have just 23 chromosomes each. That's half as many chromosomes as regular cells. Through the process of fertilization, egg and sperm join to make a cell with 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), called a zygote.