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Lesson: Chapter 20 — Heredity

20.4. Human heredity 2 of 3

Question 2

How many chromosomes are there in a human ovum?

The right answer is the one marked above.

23. A gamete carries half the body-cell number: 22 autosomes plus one sex chromosome.

The halving happens at meiosis. At fertilisation two gametes combine and the zygote is back to 46.

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