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Title: Gametes?
Post by: ssien on September 08, 2016, 10:14:24 pm

How many gametes do the mother and father produce each? I was told by a friend mother produces 2 gametes (i thought it was 1?) and father produces 1 gamete, can anyone confirm

Title: Re: Gametes?
Post by: solution on September 08, 2016, 11:55:38 pm

From one cell, 4 gametes are produced via meiosis. Each of these gametes are haploid and genetically different.

Title: Re: Gametes?
Post by: kevin217 on October 01, 2016, 11:30:16 pm

This may be a stretch but is it possible you're getting mixed up sex chromosomes? An offspring can only inherit X chromosomes from its mother (XX) while it inherit both X and Y chromosomes from the father (XY)