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Which of these statements is true about sperm and egg cells?

Sperm and egg cells are made during mitosis.

Sperm and egg cells are made during meiosis.

Sperm and egg cells have as many chromosomes as any other kind of cell.

Sperm and egg cells are about the same size.

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the second one is the TRUE statement 
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The true statement is SPERM AND EGG CELLS ARE MADE DURING MEIOSIS.

Meiosis is a special type of nuclear division which segregates one copy of each homologous chromosome into each new "gamete". It reduces the number of set of chromosomes by half, from 46 to 23, so that when gametic recombination or fertilization occurs the ploidy of the parent will be reestablished.

Spermatogonia are the cells in the testes that will undergo meiosis while Oogonia are the egg cells that will undergo meiosis.

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