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How does the chromosome content of a parent cell compare with that of a gamete?
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The gamete will have 50% of the genetic material of the parent. This is then fused with the other parent's 50% to give the offspring the whole 100%.
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How many chromsomes would the haploid cells contain if a diploid cell contains 16 chromosomes?
The diploid number of an organism is its full set of genetic information. A gamete only carries the haploid number because it only needs half the amount of information. This is because the gamete will join with a gamete from a different organism to produce a full set of genetic information, which is in the form of offspring. So the haploid number is always half of the diploid number. For your question, the chromosome number of each gamete will be its haploid number, 8.
Gametes have how many sets of chromosomes?
Gametes, the sex cells, have only one set of chromosomes. The process in which a gamete from two sexually reproducing organisms fuse is called fertilization and creates a new organism with one set of chromosomes from each parent.
Which gamete determines the gender of the young?
In humans females are homogametic and males are heterogametic. It is the male biological parent who contributes the sex chromosome that determines the sex of any child.Human females are XX and all their ova carry an X chromosome. Females always give their children an X chromosome.Human males are XY and half their spermatozoa carry an X chromosome and half carry a Y chromosome. Depending on the sex chromosome in its biological father's spermatozoon, a child receives an X or a Y chromosome from its biological father.If a child receives an X chromosome from its father she will be XX and a girl. If a child receives a Y chromosome from its father he will be XY and a boy.
Is the gamete cell formed in fertilization the same or different than the parent cell?
Same
What comes from the female parent?
It's called an Egg. or an ovum, a female gamete
What is the chromosome number of gamete?
They have half the number of the somatic (parent) cell. So if a parent cell had 46 chromosomes in its nucleus, then its gamete would have 23(one chromosome from each pair).
Why do gamete contain less chromosome than parent cells?
The gamete is supposed to join with another gamete, and combine their chromosomes into a single cell.
How do the products of meiosis compare to the original cell think about chromosome number?
No, they have half the number.
Can all the gene pairs from one parent can congregate in one gamete and those from the other parent in the other gamete?
No
How many chromsomes would the haploid cells contain if a diploid cell contains 16 chromosomes?
The diploid number of an organism is its full set of genetic information. A gamete only carries the haploid number because it only needs half the amount of information. This is because the gamete will join with a gamete from a different organism to produce a full set of genetic information, which is in the form of offspring. So the haploid number is always half of the diploid number. For your question, the chromosome number of each gamete will be its haploid number, 8.
In humans an individual inherits one copy of each homologous chromosome from each parent In turn one of each homologous pair goes to a gamete to be passed on Females inherit two X chromosomes and male?
AnswerBoys must inherit the Y chromosome from their father.
How many pairs of chromosomes do each parent contribute to the fertilized egg?
Each parent donates 23 chromosomes to his/her child.....23 chromosomes from mother and 23 chromosomes from father makes a total of 46 chromosomes a healthy child.
What is gamete for heredity?
if you are asking what one is, a gamete is a sex cell that has half the number the number of chromosomes from one parent. during fertilization, two gamete(one from each parent) combine. they are formed during meiosis.
Which parent's gamete decides the gender of a child?
The Father's.
Does a gamete only receive one allele or another from a pair?
A gamete receives one of two genes from one parent and one of two genes from the other parent.
What is Unparental Disomy?
Occurs when a person receives two copies of a chromosome, or of part of a chromosome, from one parent and no copies from the other parent.
What has alleles that are passed parent to child on a sex chromosome?
Sex-linked traits have alleles that are passed from parent to child on a sex chromosome.
