Question

What is random fertilization?

Answer 1

Two individuals mate, and each is capable of producing over 8 million potential gametes. The random chance of any sperm and egg coming together is a product of these two probabilities.

Answer 2

Random fertilization refers to the fact that if two individuals mate, and each is capable of producing over 8million potential gametes, the random chance of any one sperm and egg coming together is a product of these two probabilities - some 70 trillion different combinations of chromosomes in a potential offspring