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Gamete is the term that refers to the individual haploid sex cells, the egg or the sperm, and contains only half of the necessary genetic information for a new organism. A zygote is the diploid result of fertilization between an egg and sperm, which will ultimately grow into the organism.

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How do you rank the hereditary components nucleotide gamete chromosome and gene from small to large?

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If a human gamete with an extra chromosome participates in fertilization with a normal gamete what conditions result?

It depends on what's missing. Zygotes missing a chromosome (monosomy) have 45 chromosomes and many do survive; some human monosomies are monosomy 7, 11 or 13. A monosomy X results in Turner syndrome; there must be at least one X chromosome, or the embryo won't survive.


How do you describes the chromosome number of gamete?

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Which cell contains only one sex chromosome?

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Why do gamete contain less chromosome than parent cells?

The gamete is supposed to join with another gamete, and combine their chromosomes into a single cell.


How does the chromosome content of a parent cell compare with that of a gamete?

A parent cell is diploid, meaning it has two sets of chromosomes. In contrast, a gamete is haploid, containing only one set of chromosomes. This difference in chromosome content is important for maintaining the correct number of chromosomes in the offspring when the gametes combine during fertilization.


What is the chromosome number of gamete?

They have half the number of the somatic (parent) cell. So if a parent cell had 46 chromosomes in its nucleus, then its gamete would have 23(one chromosome from each pair).


What effect does nondisjunction have on the chromosome number of the gametes?

It gives one of the gametes an extra chromosome and leaves the other gamete with one less chromosome.


Which parents gamete normally determines the sex of the child?

The father's gamete determines the sex of the child. Specifically, the presence or absence of a Y chromosome in the father's sperm will determine if the child will be male (Y chromosome present) or female (no Y chromosome).


How many chromosomes does a male gametes have?

It is different for different species but in Humans, each sperm (male gamete) has 23 chromosomes out of which 22 are autosomes and 1 is a sex chromosome.


Cells that only contain 1 copy of each chromosome?

gamete


To maintain the chromosome number of an organism the gamete must what?

Be produced by meosis.