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Gametes contain _______ the genetic material that a generalized body cell contains

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It will be half

A normal cell contains 46 chromosomes.
Gametes only contain 23 because they will be paired with an opposite gamete cell upon fertilisation

- Egg contains 23
- Sperm contains 23

Together they make the normal amount of 46
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