Explain how, offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?

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asked Jun 1, 2017 in Biology by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 437 1372

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answered Jun 1, 2017 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 26
selected Feb 15, 2018 by sanjeev
 
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Reduction division (meiosis) during gamete formation halves the
chromosome number in both male and female gametes. Since
these two gametes fuse during fertilisation, the original number
of chromosomes (as in the parent) is restored in the offspring.

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