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State whether the statements are true or false.
The ovum contains XX chromosomes.

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Answer: False

Ovum is the female gamete.

Gamete contains only a haploid set of chromosomes.

Thus, only one copy of the X-chromosome will be present in the ovum and not two copies.

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