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The gamete that contains genes contributed only by the mother?

The egg is the gamete produced by the female.


What is the gamete that contains genes contributed only by the father?

the sperm cell


True or false a gamete must contain one complete set of genes?

A gamete contains half the number of genes that the other body cells do.


What part of the plant contains the genes from the mother?

It is the pistil


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.


How many genes does zygote contain?

A zygote contains a full set of genes, which typically includes about 20,000 to 25,000 genes in humans. These genes come from the genetic material contributed by the sperm and egg during fertilization.


When an organism produces its own gametes those two sets of genes must be separated from each other so that each gamete contains just one set of genes?

This separation of genes into single sets is achieved through the process of meiosis, a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. During meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange genetic material before being separated into different cells, each containing a single set of genes. This ensures that each gamete receives a unique combination of genes.


What is Hypothesis that a gamete receives only one member of a pair of genes?

The hypothesis that a gamete receives only one member of a pair of genes is known as Mendel's law of segregation. This principle states that during gamete formation, the two alleles for each gene segregate independently from each other. This explains how genetic diversity is generated in offspring.


How much of your DNA contains genes?

20.3% of your DNA contains genes


Mendel's dihybrid crosses but not his monohybrid crosses show that?

genes assort independently during gamete formation.


What did Mende find out about genes?

After performing his experiments on hybridization in garden pea Mendel concluded that (1) genes segregate in the next generation from parents to the offsprings and (2) the assortmant of genes is independent during gamete formation.


How does a baby get her genes?

A child starts out as a one-celled organism called a zygote, which is formed when the father's sperm, containing half the father's genes, fertilizes the mother's egg, which contains half the mother's genes. So the process of fertilization, which occurs in the mother's fallopian tube, combines half of the father's genes and half of the mother's genes. After fertilization, the zygote divides into an embryo and makes its way to the mother's uterus (womb) where it is implanted and continues to grow and develop.