How many chromosomes are there in ovum and zygote?why?
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23 chromosomes
The ovumcontributes 23 chromosomes, and a spermcontributes another 23 chromosomes — in a successful fertilization event— giving the full complement of 46 chromosomes to the resulting zygote,the unicellular first step to becoming a human (if all goes well).
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46 chromosomes
In humans, the male gamete is called sperm, and the female gamete is called an egg. When the gametes join they form a cell called a zygote. Human sperm and eggs contain 23 chromosomes. Human zygotes contain 46 chromosomes.
46 chromosomes
In case of humans , there are 46 chromosome (2n) in each somatic cell .. during fertilization, two types of haploid ( n = 23 chromosome ) gametes ( sperm and ovum) fuse together to form a zygote(46 chromosomes) inside the female's body , that further develops produce an embryo