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Originally Posted by Liberty";p="
Isn't it 23 from each for a total of 46?
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Oh, you're thinking of *Earth* humans....
Oops. See what happens when I don't look stuff up?
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I think it might be a tad bit more complex than that -- remember that gametes are produced through meiosis, each representing a different combination of the the homologous pairs received by your mother and father. That is, each gamete (sperm or egg) has a unique genetic makeup of its own, pieced together from different parts of the parent chromosomes through process of "crossing-over." There is a mind-boggling degree of variation.
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Let me make sure I understand this. A single chromosome in a gamete might include pieces taken from more than one chromosome of the parent? And then those pieces are mixed together with the gamete from the other parent? Meaning that it's not chromosomes, but parts of chromosomes that are being inherited? So my X chromosome, for example, might contain genes from both parents?