How do the chromosomes in most cells of an organism, such as the leaf cells of a plant, compare to the chromosomes in its reproductive cells, which are sperm and egg cells?

I think that you are talking about body cells when you say "most cells in an organism." If that is the case, then the reproductive cells, sperm and egg cells, have half the amount of chromosome than body cells.

For example: Human body cells have 46 chromosomes. Human reproductive cells has 23 chromosomes.

In sexual reproduction, each parent gives 1/2 of a full set of chromosomes to create the full set needed for an organism.

Oseni Oseni · Answer 2 · 2021-10-22T16:54:46+02:00

The chromosome number in the vegetative cells of an organism is usually a double of the chromosome number in its reproductive cells.

Normal organisms contain a diploid (2n) number of chromosomes. Usually, the sex cells such as sperm and egg cells contain half of the number of chromosomes in other non-reproductive parts of organisms. sex cells such as sperm and egg cells participate in sexual reproduction. Hence, they are otherwise known as gametes.

During fertilization, the sperm cell with its haploid (n) chromosome number fuses with the egg cell, also with its haploid chromosome number to form a zygote (2n) with a complete chromosome set.

Without the sex cells containing half of the normal diploid chromosome, resulting zygotes from fertilization will not be having the normal chromosome number of organisms.

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