CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nuclear Dna, Zygote, Mitochondrion
9 Apr 2020
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When sperm and egg fuse to make a zygote, genetic material in the nucleus comes equally from both parents (the main dna / blueprint for life. When egg and sperm meet, although that nuclear genetic material is shared equally between the sperm and egg, cannot be said for the rest of the material the zygote needs for life. Sperm is tiny and fast so that it can reach the egg. Brings a set of chromosomes from the paternal parent es ally te. Brings a set of chromosomes from the paternal parent. Too small is to carry anything but the genetic material. Egg brings dna and everything else needed for life. Brings a set of genetic material and everything else. Egg includes all the contents of the first cell the baby will require: Cytoplasm, all other cells and materials incl the first mitochondria the cell will have mtdna.
