Which among the following is / are correct regarding a mature sperm and ovum?
Q. Which among the following is / are correct regarding a mature sperm and ovum?
Answer: They both have equal number of Chromosomes
Notes: The number of chromosomes is reduced from 46 (23 pairs) to 23 during the process of meiosis. In a human egg or sperm, there are 23 chromosomes, one of which is an X or Y. A human egg is haploid (has 23 chromosomes) and a sperm is haploid (has 23 chromosomes).

 

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