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A female human has two X sex chromosomes in her cells. A male human has one X and one Y sex chromosome in his cells.

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Which include the male and female sex cells gametes chromosomes eukaryotes diploids?

In animals, the male sex cells are sperm (produced in the testes) and the female sex cells are eggs (produced in the ovaries). These sex cells, or gametes, contain half the number of chromosomes (haploid) found in a somatic cell, which is diploid. In eukaryotes, including humans, the chromosomes are found in the cell nucleus.


What sex chromosomes are contained in a female body cell?

Female cells contain the sex chromosomes XX. A female gamete (ovum/egg) contains one X chromosome.


Human body cells have 23 pairs of?

Chromosomes (autosomes), not including the sex chromosomes (XY - male, or XX - female).


How many chromosomes are there in sex cells and why?

22 pair of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes. A male determines the sex with XY chromosomes and the female only has YY. 23; half of the normal 46 for a cell. This is so when the male and female cells meet, they will form a normal 46-chromosome cell.


Do all cells in your body have 23pair of chromosomes?

No. The sex cells have only one set of 23 chromosomes.


Do males start out female?

No. Biological sex is coded in the sex chromosomes of the sperm and egg cells that come together to make a person. From the moment of conception, sex is determined by these chromosomes.


How are body cells different from sex cells?

Cause body cells have twice the chromosomes a sex cell has Body cells have 46 chromosomes and sex cells have 23 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes are in their sex cells?

Sex cells have half the number of chromosomes as the original cell, and are said to be haploid. In human sex cells there are 23 chromosomes.


What shows chromosomes present in a cell?

A karyotype is a picture of all the chromosomes in a person's cells. A human has 46 chromosomes in all but sex cells.


How many matched pairs of chromosmes are there in each cells?

The sex cells, or gametes, (egg and sperm) don't contain pairs of chromosomes. They each contain 23 singular chromosomes. When the egg and sperm combine, the resulting cell will have 23 pairs of chromosomes.


Do body cells have less chromosomes than sex cells?

No, somatic (non-sex) cells have twice the number of chromosomes that sex cells have.


What is the x-chromosome?

One of the two types of sex chromosomes, present twice in female cells and once in male cells.