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During sexual reproduction two sex cells fuse to make a fertilized cell with one set of chromosomes what must be true about the number of chromosomes in sex cell?

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Answer:both genders have the same amount of chromosomes

Explanation:Sexual reproduction is the process in which male and female gametes fuse to form a zygote. The zygote consists of a complete set of chromosomes, which 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes.

Sexual reproduction is the process in which two sex cells fuse to form the fertilized cell, usually known as zygote. The sex cells are egg or ova and sperms for females and males, respectively.

The number of chromosomes in each sex cell and fertilised cell will be:

The sex cells are formed by the meiotic division, such that each ova and sperm will consist of 23 chromosomes.

These haploid cells fuse to form a diploid zygote, which will have the same number of chromosomes as parent cell. The umber of chromosomes in the fertilised egg will be 46.

Therefore, the number of chromosome in each sex cell is 23, which fuses to form a diploid fertilised cell having 46 chromosomes.

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