The sex cells have half the chromosomes that were in the parent cell.
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.
Sex cells have 1/2 the number of chromosomes of a normal cell (23)
Cause body cells have twice the chromosomes a sex cell has Body cells have 46 chromosomes and sex cells have 23 chromosomes.
the sex cells are different
Sex cells have 1/2 the number of chromosomes than body cells. In humans that is 23.
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
meiosis
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.
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.
They are body cells. There is only one type of sex cell for each gender: sperm for males and egg cells for females.
mitosis is for cell division. meiosois is used when sex cells split to form the cells that are for the baby....
No, sex cells contain half the number of chromosomes that somatic (non-sex) cells contain. They are therefore haploidcells.