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Why do sex cells have half a set of chromosomes

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Answer:

Gonads and Germ Cells

Step-by-step explanation:

The cell does this in a process very similar to mitosis, in which DNA is replicated before the cell divides, resulting in daughter cells with the same total number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

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