When sperm and egg cells undergo meiosis, the number of chromosomes goes from ______ to _______. When an egg is fertilized by a sperm cell that number goes from ______ to ______.

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Answer:

2n to n, n to 2n

Explanation:

Meiosis is known as reductional division because in meiosis the chromosome number gets reduced to half in daughter cells so when sperm and egg cells undergo meiosis than the chromosome numbers get reduced from 2n to n. In humans, the chromosome number is 46 and it gets reduced to 23 after meiosis.  

When egg is fertilized by the sperm than the two chromosomes comes in the same cell and the number goes from n to 2n that mean in human it goes from 23 to 46.

In the case when the sperm and egg cells undergo meiosis, so here the chromosomes should be 2 to 1. And, when the egg should be fertilized so the number should be 1 to 2.

What is Meiosis?

It refers to the reduction in the division that leads in the creation of the 4 haploid daughter cells via the diploid parent. It should be restricted for the s-ex cells in se-xually reproducing organism. So at the time when the sperm and eggs cells so the number should be 2 to 1. And, at the time when haploid egg should be fertilized by a haploid sperm so it create zygote i.e. diploid.

Therefore, it should be 2 to 1 and 1 to 2.

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