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In a dogs body each cell has 78 chromosomes How many chromosomes are there in a dog's sperm cells?
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There's no good reason for it; the number of chromosomes an animal has doesn't really have much to do with anything.
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Why is it neccessry to reduce the chromosome number of gametes but not other cells of an organism?
Gametes are sperm and egg cells. When the sperm fertilizes the egg, their genetic material is joined to form a new cell called a zygote. Because both the sperm and egg cells have half the number of chromosomes as in normal body cells, the zygote will have the full number of chromosomes as in normal body cells.
Which cell contain 46 chromasomes?
All of them (in humans), apart from sperm and egg cells (which contain 23)
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.
How are sex cells different from other cell in the body?
Sex cells have 1/2 the number of chromosomes of a normal cell (23)
What is the purpose of somatic cell donor?
Somatic cells are body cells that contain a full set of chromosomes. I imagine that a somatic cell donor donates healthy body cells to someone who needs them.
How do the chromosomes of a sperm cell differ from chromosomes in other cells of the body?
They have less chromosomes than a normal cell.
Has how many chromosomes withn the egg cells?
All human gametes (sex cells), which means egg cells and sperm cells, have 23 chromosomes. When the sperm fertilises the egg, the 23 chromosomes from the egg cell and the 23 chromosomes from the sperm cell join to make cells with 46 chromosomes. In summary, all cells in the human body have 46 chromosomes, except sperm cells and egg cells, which have 23.
How do body cells and sex cells differ?
Human cells have 46 chromosomes (call that 2n, or 2 times n). Now then, if an egg cell + sperm cell = fertilized egg (which becomes a human), how many chromosomes do each have? An egg cell must have 23 chromosomes, and a sperm cell must have 23 chromosomes, because 23 + 23 = 46. When the egg (23) and sperm (23) combine to form a fertilized egg, this egg will now have 46 chromosomes. So human sex cells have n, or 23 chromosomes. If you mean to distinguish somatic chromosomes from sex chromosomes, then you have 22 pairs of somatic chromosomes plus one pair of sex chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes.
How many total chromosomes are in each body cell?
all cells of body except egg and sperm have 23 pairs of chromosomes i.e. 46...but egg and sperm have 23 chromosomes
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.
Are egg cells and sperm cells like body cells?
Yes. Egg cells and sperm cells are like body cells in their structure, but there is one major difference: eggs and sperm cells have a different number of chromosomes than body cells.In humans, each body cell (otherwise known as a somatic cell) contains 46 chromosomes inside its nucleus. These chromosomes carry the cell's genetic information. When somatic cells reproduce through cell division, they must copy their chromosomes so that each of the two resulting cells (or daughter cells) receives 46 chromosomes. We say that the somatic cells are diploid cells as they have "two sets" of chromosomes, or 2n chromosomes: in the case of humans, n = 23, so 2n = 46.However, in sperm and egg cells, there are only nchromosomes, meaning that they are haploid cells: for humans, this means that each sperm and egg cell contains 23 chromosomes. The reason that these reproductive cells (or gametes) contain half the number of chromosomes of a body cell is because an egg and a sperm cell will fuse to form a zygote, the first stage of a developing child. With the egg and sperm cells each donating 23 chromosomes to the child, the child will have the 46 chromosomes it needs.The fact that the sperm of the father and the egg of the mother each contributes half of the required number of chromosomes ensures that the offspring will be "genetically diverse."
Why is it important to have half as many chromosomes as normal body cells?
The gametes must have half as many chromosomes as normal body cells because they unite to form a zygote, which is the first body cell of the new organism. For example, human body cells have 46 chromosomes and human gametes (sperm and egg cells) have 23 chromosomes. When the sperm fertilizes the egg, the zygote will have 46 chromosomes, and is the first body cell of the new human.
Which cells have only 23 unpaired chromosomes?
The only place you would be able to find a cell with 23 chromosomes would be in the sex cells (sperm cells of egg cells). There are 46 chromosomes in the human body. This is because when a sperm cell fertilises the egg cell, both with 23 single chromosomes, they join to make 46.
In humans when a new cell is formed from a sperm cell an egg cell how many chromosomes does it have?
i think 26 i think 26 46 chromosomes. The sperm cell and egg cell each contain 23 chromosomes, totalling 46. The sperm cells and egg cells are known as haploid cells or sex cells (meaning having 1 set of chromosomes). Once the sperm cell and egg cell joins, a diploid cell is formed (meaning having 2 sets of chromosomes), and a zygote begins to form. The human body contains 2 sets of chromosomes, one maternal and one paternal.
How many chromosomes in a horse sperm cell?
how many chromosomes are found in the body of a horse
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.
How many produced chromosomes does a human body cell have?
Humans have 46 chromosomes. This means they will produce sex-cells (sperm and ovum/egg) which have 23 chromosomes.
