Assertion: zygote's chromosome | /r/AtLocation | somatic cells
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text: Unlike the ovum and sperm, which each contain half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells, the zygote contains the full number of chromosomes normal in the somatic cells of the species.
text: " in this sense refers to having exactly half the number of sets of chromosomes found in a somatic cell.
text: Because two gametes necessarily combine during sexual reproduction to form a single zygote from which somatic cells are generated, healthy gametes always possess exactly half the number of sets of chromosomes found in the somatic cells, and therefore "haploid