Question

If each normal body cell of a human contains forty-six chromosomes, then the number of chromosomes in a human egg will be

Answer 1

The correct answer is 23

Answer 2

23 chromosomes

Step-by-step explanation:

Human sex cell (either male or female sex cell) is haploid and consists of half of the total number of chromosomes within a cell.

So if there are 46 chromosomes in a cell, a human egg will have exactly half of it i.e 23 chromosomes.

During mating, 23 chromosomes are donated by both father and mother to their offspring (diploid zygote) to constitute 46 chromosomes set.