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10 November, 10:59

Why do sex cells (sperm and egg) need to have half the number of the organisms chromosomes

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    Sex cells contain only half of the hereditary material present in the body cells that form them. This is important because male and female sex cells ultimately join to become a fertilized egg, which gives rise to a new organism, or offspring.
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