Sperm contains 23 chromosomes.
An egg contains 23 chromosomes.
The zygote (a fertilized egg) contains 46 chromosomes.
Yet, it is also important to consider that the egg completes meiosis before joining with the sperm, thereby shedding half of its 46 chromosomes into a polar body that adjoins the zona pelucida lining.
The human egg or sperm cell is haploid and contains 23 chromosomes. After fertilization (egg and sperm fusion), the zygote will have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).
A zygote should have 46 chromosomes: 23 from the egg and 23 from the sperm. This will ensure that after fertilization, the baby's body cells will each have a normal set of 46 chromosomes.
A sperm cell contains 23 chromosomes inside its nucleus. When combined with an egg cell during fertilization, the resulting zygote will have the full complement of 46 chromosomes.
The zygote would be diploid because the sex cell would have 46 chromosomes instead of 23 (2n instead of n) and the chromosomes would keep on multiplying in each generation. Ex: child would have 92 chromosomes and that child's child would have 184, etc-Anonymous Mamba
A zygote is a fertilized egg cell, so it is diploid and thus has a full set of DNA. If the adult has 30 pairs of chromosomes, the zygote would have 30 pairs. If there are 30 chromosomes, then the zygote will have 60 (30 from the mother and 30 from the father). It comes down to whether you meant individual chromosomes or pairs of chromosomes.
80 chormosomes
The human egg or sperm cell is haploid and contains 23 chromosomes. After fertilization (egg and sperm fusion), the zygote will have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).
A zygote should have 46 chromosomes: 23 from the egg and 23 from the sperm. This will ensure that after fertilization, the baby's body cells will each have a normal set of 46 chromosomes.
A chicken's gametes (sperm and egg) each contain 39 chromosomes, which is half of the chicken's total chromosomes (78). When fertilization occurs, the resulting zygote will have the full complement of 78 chromosomes.
A sperm cell contains 23 chromosomes inside its nucleus. When combined with an egg cell during fertilization, the resulting zygote will have the full complement of 46 chromosomes.
Zygote=2 Gamate=1
8 chromosomes
The zygote would be diploid because the sex cell would have 46 chromosomes instead of 23 (2n instead of n) and the chromosomes would keep on multiplying in each generation. Ex: child would have 92 chromosomes and that child's child would have 184, etc-Anonymous Mamba
A zygote is a fertilized egg cell, so it is diploid and thus has a full set of DNA. If the adult has 30 pairs of chromosomes, the zygote would have 30 pairs. If there are 30 chromosomes, then the zygote will have 60 (30 from the mother and 30 from the father). It comes down to whether you meant individual chromosomes or pairs of chromosomes.
46 I think
there are 23 sets
A fertilized egg, or zygote, typically has 46 chromosomes. This is a result of the coming together of the egg (23 chromosomes) from the mother and the sperm (23 chromosomes) from the father during fertilization.