Where do genomes come from?

Where do genomes come from?

We actually have two genomes each. We get one copy of our 

genome from each of our parents. A sperm cell (from the father) has only one copy of a genome and an egg cell (from the mother) also only has only one copy.

At the moment of fertilisation, the sperm cell and the egg cell join together to make a cell containing two genomes. The fertilized egg then has a complete set of instructions to make a new person

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