Assertion: ovum's chromosome | /r/HasProperty | half of the original number
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text: A process called meiosis makes sure that when a gamete is made, the sperm or the egg cell each only has 23 chromosomes, half of the original number, so that when they join to form a zygote when fertilization occurs, the zygote will have a total of 46 chromosomes, like every cell in a human does.