kaldis@topaz.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) (04/02/89)
In article <UYBJL6y00Xc4Q2l1If@andrew.cmu.edu> jb28+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Barbose) writes: > Mark, > I still insist that the ovum contains only half the number of chromosomes > _necessary_ for the emergence of a new individual. You quote: >> The sperm has 23 chromosomes, one from each pair in the father. >> But the egg still has 46 chromosomes (both members of each From what I remember when we studied this in high school biology class (20 years ago), this is not the case. The egg, like the sperm, only has 23 chromosomes -- half the number required. Aren't there any experts out there on the net who can clear this up? I have expanded distribution to include sci.bio and sci.med. Followups are directed to talk.abortion, from where this message originated. -- Theodore A. Kaldis | "Perhaps we may +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | frighten away email: kaldis@topaz.rutgers.edu | the ghost of so UUCP: {...}!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!kaldis | many years ago U.S. Snail: P.O. Box #1212, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 | with a little ex-Ma Bell: (201) 283-4855 (voice) | illumination . . ."