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Why is there the chance that half of the zygotes will be female and the other half will be male?
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∙ 14y ago
The reason the chance of a zygote being a male of female is the same is due to simple genetics. Females only possess the X chromosome while males posses both an X chromosome and a Y chromosome. Since females only have an X chromosome they can only "give" an X chromosome while a male may give either an X or Y chromosome.
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Are zygotes haploid or diploid?
Human genes have a possibility of 0.Five, or 50% of being male or woman. Genes are just certainly designed this way.
What fact expains why half of kids are boys and half are girls?
An ovum will have an X chromosome regardless, but a sperm has a 50% chance of having either an X or a Y chromosome, so there's a 50% chance a zygote will be XY (male) and 50% that it will be XX (female).
Why is it that half of the world's population are born girls?
Half the world's population are born girls because when the egg gets fertilized, the chance of it becoming a girl is 50%.
Why do zygotes get half their DNA from their mom and half from their dad?
Zygotes get half of there DNA from both the father and mother because during fertilization, only a haploid number of chromosomes is released for fussion, i.e 23. When both parents releases 23 each, it makes up 46.
Assume that a pair of rabbits produces 6 offspring and that half are male and half are female If each pair of rabbits breeds only once how many offspring would be produced each year for 5 years?
35 babys for the female and about 5 females a male rabbit.
What is the probability of becoming male or female?
there are half the chance of a female and half the chance of male so probabilty in both cases is 1/2
Are zygotes haploid or diploid?
Human genes have a possibility of 0.Five, or 50% of being male or woman. Genes are just certainly designed this way.
What is approximate probability that a human offspring will be female?
50%, or half. Therefore, there is an equal chance that the offspring will be female.
Why is there the chance that half of the zygot will be female and half will be male?
Human genes have a probability of 0.5, or 50% of being male or female. Genes are just naturally designed this way.
How many chromosomes does an organism reproductive cells and zygotes have?
It has half of whatever the organism's regular cells have.
Why is there is a 50 percent chance a new born baby will be female?
There is sex chromosome in both male and female. Female has got XX chromosome. Man has got XY chromosome in the nucleus. So when you get an ovum, all of them have got X chromosome in them. When sperm form, you get half the sperms with X chromosome and half the chromosome have Y chromosome in them. So there are fifty percent sperms that are mean to be males and fifty percent chromosomes that are meant to be females. Which sperm will enter the ovum can not be known. So there are fifty fifty percent chances of baby becoming male or female.
Why is there chance that half of the zygotes will be female and half will be male?
Human genes have a probability of 0.5, or 50% of being male or female. Genes are just naturally designed this way.
Calico kitten what should you breed her with to most likely get another calico out of her litter?
If I understand the question correctly, you have a calico female that you want to produce another calico? The best suited tom would be black and white, preferably with lots of white. The result is around half of the female offspring will be calico, half black and white, with a slight chance of one having brown in its coat. Alternatively you can use a ginger and white tom, with half of the females being ginger and white, although there is a greater chance of the other half being tortoiseshell-tabbies or brown, ginger and white.
What fact expains why half of kids are boys and half are girls?
An ovum will have an X chromosome regardless, but a sperm has a 50% chance of having either an X or a Y chromosome, so there's a 50% chance a zygote will be XY (male) and 50% that it will be XX (female).
Albino and albino have child What is the probability that child will be albino?
theres a half and half chance it will and theres a half and half chance it wont
When was Half Chance Iron Bridge created?
Half Chance Iron Bridge was created in 1880.
What does ''you have a fifty-fifty chance of spinning red'' mean?
The result of the spin will be red one half, or fifty percent, of the time. The other one half, or fifty percent, black will come up. In other words there is a fifty percent chance it will be red and a fifty percent chance that it will not. Hence fifty-fifty. With an actual roulette wheel, you have less than a fifty-fifty chance of spinning red.
