how many autosomes are present in each human gamete how many sex chromosomes?
Â· just now. 1  An somatic cell (body cell) has 46 chromosomes, 2 of which are sex chromosomes). Human gametes (the germ cells) undergo meiosis and thus the chromosomal count is cut in half (haploid) thus each gamete has 23 chromosomes, ONE of which is a sex chromosome.