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Gametes, the sex cells, have only one set of chromosomes. The process in which a gamete from two sexually reproducing organisms fuse is called fertilization and creates a new organism with one set of chromosomes from each parent.

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How many unique gametes can be produced via assortment for an organism with a diploid number of 6 chromosomes?

When a zygote is diploid it obtains two sets of chromosomes. Gametes contain one set of chromosomes. Therefore, 6 chromosomes would amount to 3 sets of gametes.


How many unique gametes can be produces via independent assortment for an organism with a diploid number of 6 chromosomes?

When a zygote is diploid it obtains two sets of chromosomes. Gametes contain one set of chromosomes. Therefore, 6 chromosomes would amount to 3 sets of gametes.


What is the adjective referring to the number of chromosomes in a gamete?

Diploids and Haploids. Haploids have one set of chromosomes (Gametes). Diploids have two sets of chromosomes (Zygotes).


How many chromosomes are in a haploid gametes?

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How many chromosomes do llamas have in their gametes?

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If a diploid organism has a genome consisting of twenty two chromosomes its gametes will have how many chromosomes?

Gametes have half the number of chromosomes - therefore if the diploid number is 22, the gametes would have 11 chromosomes.


How many pairs of chromosomes found in a gametes?

In human gametes, chromosomes are not paired. Instead, each gamete has one set of 23 chromosomes, and is said to be haploid.


How many chromosomes are in peoples gametes?

Each gamete has only 23 chromosomes


How do the number of chromosomes compare in gametes and somatic cells?

I will assume that you mean human cells. Somatic cells are diploid (2n), containing two sets of chromosomes, one of paternal, one of maternal origin. Gametes, on the other hand, are haploid (n), with a single set of chromosomes, ie. half as many as the somatic cell. Now, the haploid chromosome number (n) is characteristic of the species, and in humans this number happens to be 23. Therefore a human gamete has 23 chromosomes, and a human somatic cell 23 pairs, or 46 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes do humans have in their gamets?

Humans have 23 chromosomes in their gametes, which are sperm and egg cells. This is half the number of chromosomes found in a somatic cell, which has 46 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes are in a normal persons gametes?

23


How many chromosomes does a gamete have?

Sperm cells, or gametes normally have 23 chromosomes each.