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The egg contains the genetic material of the female

The sperm contains the genetic information of the male

Once the egg is fertilised it contains the genetic information of both parents - male and female.

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How many chromosomes does the fertilized ovum contain?

The fertilized ovum, or zygote, contains 46 chromosomes. These come from the combination of 23 chromosomes from the egg cell and 23 chromosomes from the sperm cell.


How many chromosomes would be in a fertilised egg if there were 194 from each body cell and 100 in each egg cell?

In a typical scenario, a fertilized egg receives half its chromosomes from the egg cell and half from the sperm cell. If there are 194 chromosomes in each body cell, the sperm would also have 97 chromosomes (half of 194). Therefore, the fertilized egg would have 97 (from the sperm) + 100 (from the egg) = 197 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes from each egg and sperm?

There are 23 chromosomes from the egg and 23 chromosomes from the sperm making it 46 in total when they both fuse together.


How many chromosomes doesn't a human egg have?

A human egg, or ovum, contains 23 chromosomes. This is half the number of chromosomes found in a typical human somatic cell, which has 46 chromosomes. The reduction to 23 chromosomes occurs through a process called meiosis, ensuring that when the egg combines with a sperm cell, the resulting fertilized egg has the full complement of 46 chromosomes.


Each human eggs has 46 chromosomes and the sperm has no chromosomes?

Each human egg actually contains 23 chromosomes, not 46. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, it brings another 23 chromosomes, resulting in the total of 46 chromosomes in a fertilized egg, which then develops into a human being.

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How many chromosomes does the fertilized ovum contain?

The fertilized ovum, or zygote, contains 46 chromosomes. These come from the combination of 23 chromosomes from the egg cell and 23 chromosomes from the sperm cell.


How many chromosomes does a fertilised egg have?

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.


How many of the chromosomes in a fertilized egg are from the father?

23 chromosomes in a human egg are from the father, and 23 are from the mother.


The fertilized egg of a human contains how many chromosomes?

The normal 2N complement....46 chromosomes in a human.


Meiosis ensures the fertilized egg will have what?

Meiosis ensures that the fertilized egg will have half its chromosomes from the mother and half from the father.


What does the fertilized egg contain from both parents?

chromosomes


What does an egg must be fertilized within?

An egg has to be fertilized within 24 hours. (1 day)


How do chromosomes in the body cell compared with chromosomes in a fertilized egg?

Chromosomes in a body cell are typically in pairs (diploid), with one set inherited from each parent. In contrast, chromosomes in a fertilized egg are also in pairs, but contain a unique combination of genetic material formed from the genetic contributions of both the egg and sperm, resulting in a single set of chromosomes (haploid) in the fertilized egg.


How many chromosomes do humas have in a fertilized egg?

46 which is 2N.


What is it that a human fertilized egg gets 23 of from each parent?

Chromosomes.


When a sperm unites with an egg what is the fertilized egg?

The gametes, or "sex cells" - the sperm and ovum (egg) - become the fertilized egg (zygote) when they fuse.


How many chromosomes from each egg and sperm?

There are 23 chromosomes from the egg and 23 chromosomes from the sperm making it 46 in total when they both fuse together.