Does the dna of the sperm and egg join together and then replicated?If not,then what happens?
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| 6th Oct, 2012,
08:09: PM
Expert Answer:
During fertilisation, the fusion of sperm and ovum forms the zygote. Here intermingling of two sets of haploid genes (male and female) occurs to reconstitute a diploid cell. The diploid zygote then divides, during which the chromosomes are also replicated.
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| 9th Oct, 2012,
08:50: AM
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