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Explain how, offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
a. In sexual reproduction, the fusion of two gametes produces a , which develops into a new individual.
b. Each gamete has chromosomes, which is equal to half of a parent cell's total number of chromosomes.
c. The number of chromosomes in the zygote, which is formed when these haploid gametes combine to form one, is equal to the number of chromosomes in the parent cell: 23+23=46.
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