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What provides nutrition to human sperms? State the genetic constitution of a sperm.


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Sperm:

Sperm is a male gamete or reproductive cell, also known as a spermatozoon and it contains half of the genetic material to fertilize one egg to form the zygote.

Nutrition to human sperms:

  1. The nurse cell of the testes; the Sertoli cell provides nutrition to human sperms.
  2. The Sertoli cells are located in the seminiferous tubule.

The genetic constitution of a sperm:

  1. The genetic constitution of sperm is 22+Xchromosome or 22+Y chromosome.

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