How could meiosis result in a chromosome in a gamete that has parts of both chromosomes in a parent's pair of homologous chromos

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Slav-nsk [51]

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How could meiosis result in a chromosome in a gamete that has parts of both chromosomes in a parent's pair of homologous chromos

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kvv77 [185] · Answer 1 · 2023-01-06T00:04:57+03:00

kvv77 [185]1 year ago

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The sperm carries one chromosome of the homologous pair and the egg has also one otherchromosome homologous to the first. After fertilization, when the zygote is formed it has one chromosome from the sperm and one chromosome from the egg that was fertilized by the sperm.