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The sex cells have half the chromosomes that were in the parent cell.

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How are sex cells different from others human cells?

Sex cells, called gametes, are different to other cells in that they contain half the number of chromosomes. So in a human sex cell, there are 23 chromosomes, whereas a normal human cell has 46 chromosomes.


How are sex cells different from other cell in the body?

Sex cells have 1/2 the number of chromosomes of a normal cell (23)


How are body cells different from sex cells?

Cause body cells have twice the chromosomes a sex cell has Body cells have 46 chromosomes and sex cells have 23 chromosomes.


What term do scientists give to the pieces of a cell?

the sex cells are different


How sex cells different from any other cell in your body?

Sex cells have 1/2 the number of chromosomes than body cells. In humans that is 23.


Is meiosis a part of cell cycle?

It depends, Meiosis is part of the sex cells cycle (Sperm and Egg) but it requires sexual reproduction (2 parents) as apposed to all the other human cell's way of reproduction, Mitosis. Meiosis is how a sex cell divides, so it is part of the sex cell's cell cycle, but not all cells


What is cell division that produces sex cells?

meiosis


Why is necassary for a sex cell to be haploid?

a sex cell needs to be haploid because it only provides half of the genetic information (half the chromosomes in humans) needed. That is one of the advantages of sexual reproduction, that 2 haploid cells unite to make a genetically different offspring from both parents.


How are sex cells and somatic cells different?

Somatic cells undergo mitosis and the resulting cells have the same number of chromosomes as the original. Sex cells undergo meiosis and the resulting cells have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.


Is muscle cells a body cell or a sex cell?

They are body cells. There is only one type of sex cell for each gender: sperm for males and egg cells for females.


Why are mitosis and meisois genetically different?

mitosis is for cell division. meiosois is used when sex cells split to form the cells that are for the baby....


Is a sex cell a diploid cell?

No, sex cells contain half the number of chromosomes that somatic (non-sex) cells contain. They are therefore haploidcells.