(e) If half the chromosomes of a human primary oocyte segregate into the first polar body, which degenerates, why aren't some of the different kinds of chromosomes of the diploid chromosome complement absent from the egg?

(e) If half the chromosomes of a human primary oocyte segregate into the first polar body, which degenerates, why aren't some of the different kinds of chromosomes of the diploid chromosome complement absent from the egg?

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(e) If half the chromosomes of a human primary oocyte
segregate into the first polar body, which degenerates, why
aren't some of the different kinds of chromosomes of the
diploid chromosome complement absent from the egg?

(c) If the quantity of DNA in a cell at G1 of the cell cycle is 5
picograms (pg); what will the quantity of DNA in that cell
be at G2 phase of the cell cycle? Give reason

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