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A sperm cell contains either an X or Y sex chromosome, determining the biological sex of the offspring when combined with an egg. This ensures that the resulting embryo will have the proper number of sex chromosomes (XX for female or XY for male) to develop into a healthy individual.

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During meiosis each egg normally carries a single x or y chromosome?

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what cell contain only one sex chromosome?

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Cells produced by meiosis have only 1 of each chromosome. what name do you use to describe this type of cell?

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How many x and y chromosomes do Normal sperm cells?

The usual for a single sperm is none or one. Occasionally a defect will allow two.


In order to yield a chromosome condition only one sperm can fertilize one egg?

yes only one sperm can fertilize one egg.


Why is a human cell containing 22 autosomes and a y chromosome a sperm?

Human somatic (body) cells contain two sets of 23 chromosomes. Human gametes (sperm and egg cells) contain one set of 23 chromomes -- 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome. Only a sperm cell can carry a y chromosome. A sperm cell can also carry an x chromosome. The ovum can carry only an x chromosome, never a y chromosome. So a cell containing 22 autosomes and a y chromosome must be a sperm cell.


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