Question

Imagine sperm and egg cells have 46 chromosomes like other cells in the body. That

is they have 46 chromosomes when a sperm cells fertilizes an egg cell. Would that
affect the total number of chromosomes in their offspring or children? Tell why or why
not.

Answer 1

When an egg and sperm having 46 chromosomes similar to the body cells, their fertilization produces offsprings or children with 92 chromosomes which are double number of chromosomes as compared to parent cell. So they are not similar to parents. As we know that fertilization is the process of fusion of gametes and paring up of chromosomes. The offsprings are different from their parents in having more chromosome sets.

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