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The human egg or sperm cell is haploid and contains 23 chromosomes. After fertilization (egg and sperm fusion), the zygote will have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).

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The human egg or sperm cell is haploid and contains 23 chromosomes. After fertilization (egg and sperm fusion), the zygote will have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).

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How many chromosomes are seen in the human sperm cell but not in a human blood cell?

The human sperm cell has 23 chromosomes. White blood cells have 46 chromosomes. Mature red blood cells to not contain a nucleus, and therefore has no chromosomes. Platelets are cell fragments and also do not contain nuclei.


How many cells are usually in human cell?

There is no such thing as a 'cell' in a 'cell'.There are Chromosomes in a cell. There are 46 chromosomes in 1 cell.If you have a baby the sperm cell will only contain 23 chromosomes because you are making another human, when the child is grown up the sperm cell will go back to 46 chromosomes.


If each human cell consists of 46 chromosomes how many chromosomes are in each egg or sperm cell?

23


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All human cells contain 46 chromosomes except for the sperm and egg cells which contain 23 each.


How many chromosomes are in a mature sperm cell?

A sex cell contains half the number of chromosomes found in a somatic (normal) cell. Therefore a human sex cell would contain 23 chromosomes.


What does a cells chromosomes contain?

Like all other cell types, chromosomes are found in nucleus only(head of the sperm). But the human sperm cell is haploid, so that its 23 chromosomes can join the 23 chromosomes of the female egg to form a diploid cell during fertilization.


How many chromosomes does the human sperm cell have?

It has 23 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes does the male sex cell contain?

The sperm cell contains 23 chromosomes.


Does each egg and sperm cell contain a full set of 46 chromosomes?

No. These cells contain only half the number of chromosomes as the other cells of the body. Each egg and sperm cell contain only 23 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes are seen in a human sperm cell but not in a human blood cell?

23


In what type of human cell is the chromosome number 23?

No, there are 46 chromosomes in the human body cell. However, there are 23 chromosomes in a human gamete cell.


Which human sex cell carries y chromosomes?

The Sperm Cell