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What term is used to refer to a cell with only a half set of chromosomes?
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Cells which contain half the number of chromosomes (compared to a normal cell) are known as haploid cells. An example of haploid cells is gametes or sex cells.
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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.
Why meiosis carry only 23 chromosomes number?
Meiosis, unlike Mitosis, produces 4 haploid daughter cells, and a haploid cell contains half the number of cells as the cell that was originally divided.
During normal mitotic cell division a parent cell having four chromosomes will produce two daughter cells containing how many chromosomes?
There will be 23 chromosomes in each daughter cell. This is half the usual amount. This is referred to as hapliod. Since meiosis only occurs to produce eggs and sperm it makes sense that each egg and sperm should contain only half the "usual" amount. Therefore you literally get half your genes from your mother (egg) and half your genes from your father (sperm). Once fused as a zygote (the cell from which the baby will be formed) now has the correct or "usual" number of chromosomes - 46 or 23 pairs.
In Mitosis if a cell has 16 chromosomes how many chromosomes will each daughter cell have?
It depends on the process: mitosis or meiosis. If the cell is dividing through mitosis, then the two daughter cells will have 16 chromosomes; in meiosis, the four daughter cells will have 8 chromosomes.
Why do human sex cells have only half the number of chromosomes?
Assuming you mean half the number of chromosomes in an average cell, they have half the number because they combine with their opposite (sperm or egg) to create a "complete" cell, which then becomes a living organism.
What do the term diploid and haploid mean?
Diploid: term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes.Haploid: term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes.
What type of cell has only half normal number of chromosomes?
haploid
How is the nucleus of the sperm cell different to the nucleus in the body cell?
a gamete nucleus has only half the number of chromosomes in it than a regular body cell. in humans a regular body cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) in the nucleus, but a gamete ie sperm or egg cell has only 23 chromosomes, which are all unpaired. during fertilization the 23 chromosomes from a sperm and the 23 from the egg cell combine and pair up.
Why must gamete have only half the number of chromosomes found in a body cell?
A gamete will only have one half of the number of chromosomes found in body cells because two gametes have to come together. This means that the two gametes have to have only half of the chromosomes.
How number of chromosomes in a cells compare to the number in its sex cells?
The human cell has 46 chromosomes. In the sex cell of a human it has one half that many. So 23 chromosomes from each parent. Different species have different number of chromosomes. This is why you do not have mixes such as a centaur.
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.
What is the difference between a haploid and diploid cell data?
When full set of chromosomes (46) is passed on to each daughter cell, it is a diploid cell data. When only half the number of chromosomes (23) is passed on to each daughter cell, it is a haploid cell data or haploid number of chromosomes.
Are gemetes diploid or haploid?
Gametes are haploid cells because they only contain half of the chromosomes of a diploid cell. For example, a human somatic (diploid) cell contains 46 chromosomes. Therefore, a haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
What is the only cell in the body that dose not have 46 chromosomes?
the gamete cells/ sex cells have half the original amount of chromosomes as these combine with the gamete cells of the opposite sex to form a off spring with half chromosomes from mother and other half from father
Sex cells are an exception to the rule that what?
They have half the chromosomes of regular cells, and they have flagella (they are the only animal cell that does)
How do the product's of meiosis compare to the original cell?
Meiosis results in 4 haploid daughter cells with only half the number of chromosomes of the original cell.
How many chromosomes are in a egg cell?
Twenty-three chromosomes are in a human egg cell. 22 are autosomes, the other is an X chromosome.
