Male individual has 23 pairs of chromosomes, female individual has 23 pairs of chromosomes. Then why don’t an offspring have 46 pairs of chromosomes which is obtained by the fusion of these two eggs.explain With diagram.
Yes ofcourse the zygote is the fusion of the male and female gamete who have 23 pairs of chrmosomes induvidually.
But while sexual reproduction only half of the chromosomes of male and female gamete is passed to the offspring.
Thus the male and female gametes are haploid. and the offspring is diploid consisting of 23 chromosomes from mother and 23 chromosomes from father.
Mind it that it consists of 23 chromosomes from each parent and NOT 23 PAIRS of chromosomes.
Hope this helps..! ☺
But while sexual reproduction only half of the chromosomes of male and female gamete is passed to the offspring.
Thus the male and female gametes are haploid. and the offspring is diploid consisting of 23 chromosomes from mother and 23 chromosomes from father.
Mind it that it consists of 23 chromosomes from each parent and NOT 23 PAIRS of chromosomes.
Hope this helps..! ☺
it is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. This process occurs in all sexually reproducing single-celled and multicellular eukaryotes, including animals, plants, and fungi. Errors in meiosis resulting in aneuploidy are the leading known cause of miscarriage and the most frequent genetic cause of developmental disabilities