A branch of genetics that is concerned with the study of the structure and function of the cell, especially the chromosomes.
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X chromosome “weight”?
According to Wikipedia, the X chromosome has approximately 153 million base pairs, while the Y chromosome has only 60 million base pairs. Thus, the difference is roughly 93 million base pairs.
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Is ovum + ovum fertilization possible for human?
In humans is it possible to fertilize a ovum with another ovum from the same female subject?
I already found some works in which the ovum is fertilized by a somatic cell (see e.g. this ), but I am ...