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Harun Yahya

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Spermatogonium Meiosis Division
(46 chromosomes)

Mitosis Division

Sperms (each with
Meiosis Division 23 chromosomes)

Primary
Spermatocyte
(46 chromosomes) Secondary Spermatocyte
(23 chromosomes)
In males, sperm formation takes place with the division of the main
sperm cells (spermatogonium). Reproductive cells act under strict
supervision from the very first moment they begin to divide. Each
sperm carries future genetic information from the father. Thanks to
this organization, the first copy of the DNA molecule forms in a new
cell when the sperm and the egg come together.
That new DNA will carry the genetic code in every cell until the end
of the individual's life.

The first copy of the DNA molecule that individuals will bear in
every cell until the end of their lives forms inside the initial cell when
the sperm and egg join together. The well-known chemist Prof. Wilder
Smith emphasizes the perfection exhibited in the egg cell:

On paper using our alphabet system, this human genetic information on
one human zygote would fill over 1,000 volumes each of 500 pages--a to-
tal of 500,000 printed pages. That is, one human egg the size of a pinhead
holds 500,000 printed pages' worth of information and chemical instruc-
tions. The egg--and the cell in general--is a masterpiece of miniaturized
information storage and retrieval. 101