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How many chromoses are in a human sex cell?

A human sex cell has 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome (23 total).


What is a male sex cell?

A male sex cell is a spermatozoa, or sperm cell. Sperm are produced in the testes, or testicles, and mixed with nutrients to form semen.


Are the alleles for a trait from both parents found in one sex cell?

A sex cell is, by definition, a male sex cell or a female sex cell. Both are 1N and each contains half the genetic material of the parent that produced the cell. Parental traits are not combined until fertilization has occurred.


What sex cell is found in the ovary?

the egg cell.


How does a mutation in a sex cell differ from a mutation in a non- sex cell?

A mutation in a sex cell may be passed on to an offspring. A mutation in a somatic (body) cell cannot be passed on to an offspring, but can potentially cause cancer in the person who has the mutation.

Related questions

Sex chromosomes were first discovered in what organisms?

sex chromosomes were first discovered in what organism


What sex cell is meiosis?

A sex cell is not meiosis. Meiotic cell division forms sex cells.


What is a mature sex cell?

a sex cell that is not ready to be fertilized or developed.


When was the mathematics discovered?

it was never discovered,its like asking who discovered sex


Was the first cell ever discovered the cork cell?

Well that was the fist discovered cell membrane


What cell becomes a sex cell?

A normal body cell transfers to the testes and become a sex cell.


Who discovered the cell wall in the cell?

Rober Hook first observed the cell.So he also discovered the cell wall.


How does a mutation in a sex differ from a from a mutation in a non-sex cell?

A mutation in a sex cell can be passed on to an offspring. A mutation in a non-sex cell cannot be passed on to an offspring.


What is the male sex cell called?

Male gametes, or sex cells, are called sperm.


How many chromosomes are in one sex cell?

It depends on the parent cell. If the parent cell has 24 then the sex cell will have 12.


What is a sex cell?

In females a sex cell is called an egg which is meant to be fertilized by the male sex cell called sperm. These sex cells can form into embryo which is how people are made.


What do you call the cell of a boy?

A sperm is the sex cell of a male, and the egg or ovum is the sex cell of a female.