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A human has 46 chromosomes in each body cell. How many chromosomes does an egg cell have? Why? Explain. Mist have at least 4 complete sentences.

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23 chromosomes.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is egg cell is an haploid cells. Haploid cells are gamete that contain single set of chromosomes. Example include egg cell and sperm cell.

Human oocytes consist of the mother's DNA which are 46 chromosomes. They now divide by a process of meiosis into eggs. The 46 chromosomes then come together along the midline of the oocyte and drifted apart into two different directions by spindle fibers. This then produce an egg cell with 23 chromosomes.

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