How many chromosomes are present in human sex cells?

Answer 1

The human sex cell or human gamete has half the number of cells that any other normal human cell would have. A normal human cell (the one from your skin, mouth, lung, liver, sex organs, etc.) has 23 pairs of chromosomes and as such are called diploid cells. The sex cells are haploid having only 23 number of chromosomes as they unite with another haploid cell to create a normal cell with complete set of 23 pairs of chromosomes. The 23rd chromosome on a male human gamete is either the X or the Y chromosome while on the female gamete it is always the X chromosome.

Answer 2

Human sex cells, namely sperm and eggs, contain 23 chromosomes each. When a sperm fertilizes an egg during reproduction, the resulting zygote will have the full complement of 46 chromosomes.

Answer 3

There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in sex cells

No, there are 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of chromosomes.

Answer 4

sex cells are gametes or cells that have half the number of chromosomes that a normal body cell have. In humans sex cells contain 23

Answer 5

in human sex cells there are 23 chromosomes

Answer 6

23 chromosomes. Human sex cells are also called gametes, and are haploid, meaning that they have half the normal number of chromosomes. Normal human body cells have 46 chromosomes.

Answer 7

In humans there are 23 chromosomes in the sex cells.

Answer 8

There are 23 in the egg and 23 in the sperm cells.

Answer 9

23 chromosomes in each sex cells, that is why it is denoted as "n" in contrast to 2n (for somatic cells that hold 46 chromosomes)

Answer 10

They are haploid cells and so have 23 chromosomes.