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In a gamete (sex) cell, there are 23 chromosomes. A gamete is a haploid, or n, whereas a somatic (normal) cell is a diploid, or 2n, and has 46 chromosomes.

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How many chromosomes are in normal human sex cell?

There are 23 haploid chromosomes in a normal human gamete (sex cell).


How many chromosomes are in a gamete?

Human gametes have 23 chromosomes. (In cases of abnormality there may be a different number of chromosomes in a gamete).


How many chromosomes are in a normal human sex cells?

There are 23 haploid chromosomes in a normal human gamete (sex cell).


How many chromosomes are in a human gamate?

A human gamete has 23 chromosomes. This is half the number of chromosomes found in a regular human cell, which has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).


How many chromosomes should humans have?

In a human cell we should have 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. We get 23 of these chromosomes from the male gamete (sperm) and the other 23 from the female gamete (egg).


How many chromosomes are present in a normal human sex cell?

There are 23 haploid chromosomes in a normal human gamete (sex cell).


How many chomosomes in your body?

In a normal Human body cell (not a gamete) there are 46 chromosomes. This is not the same number of chromosomes in our bodies, only in one cell, and there are trillions of cells in the human body. In a gamete (a sperm cell or egg cell) there are 23 chromosomes. When the sperm and egg cell nuclei fuse in fertilisation, a diploid cell of 46 chromosomes is produced.


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

The chromosome number 23 is found in human sex cells, such as eggs (in females) and sperm (in males). These cells are known as haploid cells, containing half the normal number of chromosomes found in somatic cells.


How many chromosomes does a human have.?

Every normal human cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), so every human gamete has 23 chromosomes. Rarely, a human cell might have an extra chromosomes and that some times causes the death of the embryo or a deformity like Down's.


How many chromosomes are in a humans sex cells?

There are 23 haploid chromosomes in a normal human gamete (sex cell).


How many chromosomes are in each gamete?

Gametes carry half the number of normal chromosomes as a body cell. Since there are normally 46, this means there are 23 chromosomes in a human gamete.


How many chromosomes does a human cell have normally?

A human cell normally has 46 chromosomes, with 23 pairs - one set of chromosomes inherited from the mother and one set from the father.