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A gamete is a cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. In species which produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a female is any individual which produces the larger type of gametecalled an ovum and a male produces the smaller tadpole-like typecalled a sperm. This is an example of anisogamy or heterogamy, the condition...

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how to find the number of chromosomes in a gamete cell if you know the...
example: somatic cell has 48 chromosomes, how many would be in a gamete cell?

Gamete is half the # of somatic, so 24. If you think about it, egg is 1/2 of chromosomes, sperm is 1/2, so they each have half the total...

Asked by bananabob - 6 months ago

How many chromosome are in a gamete?
How many chromosomes are in a gamete and how many are in a somatic cell....

23 in gametes.(haploid) somatic cells have 46(diploid) in humans

Asked by Brooklie - 17 months ago


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