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Why do sex cells contain only half the number of chromosomes needed for offspring? Explain
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Why do sex cells contain only half the number of chromosomes needed for offspring? Explain

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None, egg cells don't have chromosomes. No, sex cells do have chromosomes. Meiosis reduces chromosome number so that sex cells (eggs and sperm) have a half set of chromosomes–one homolog of each pair. This is the haploid number.

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