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Why do you think 100 million sperm cells are released during ejaculation if only one sperm is needed to fertilize an egg?

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the womans immune system kills most of the sperm only a few get left behind and the females egg will allow 1 sperm to enter

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Answer:

because that one sperm cell have the 23 chromosomes to mix with the 23 in the egg.... to fertilize it

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