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Each person began as a zygote. Explain why each person has the same genetic makeup as the zygote he or she developed from.

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A zygote contains 46 chromosomes (23 pairs of homologous chromosome), the genetic information that is reproduced in the formation of the human body. The genetic makeup remains the same, it only multiplies.
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