Germ cells

... tripling or more in number. With twice or more of everything the cells are proportionately larger, resulting in a larger plant or animal. ... mother or father) of the haploid (has one of two sets of chromosomes) germ cell (egg or sperm) that divides down to develop into a 47 chromosome ...

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... fusion that only involves the telomeres could even result in unbalanced germ cells. It would seem that the chromosomes would still properly align along the mid-line with ...

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... in the environment - these can all cause mutations. When they happen in germ cells (sperm and eggs in sexually reproducing organisms, or anywhere in unicellular organisms ...

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The cell at the start of meiosis is not a gamete, but a germ cell (meaning it will divide itself into gametes in the reproductive organs). ... 1, the homologous chromosomes separate, so that each of the 2 daughter cells have 23 chromosomes= n= a haploid cell (23 chromosomes), however, each ...

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... because the mutations that lead to cancer are located in the skin cells, not in germ line cells.

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