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Compared to a normal body cell a normal egg cell contains

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Sex cells only contain one chromosome from each pair. When an egg cell andsperm cell join together, the fertilised egg cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. One chromosome in each pair comes from the mother, the other from the father.

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half the number of chromosomes.

Hope this helps xox :)
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