Use the gamete formation flow chart to help answer the following question: In humans, the segregation that occurs during meiosis results in: a all sex cells having 23 alleles. b all sex cells having 23 pairs of chromosomes. c each somatic cell is identical to every sex cell. d all sex cells having 23 chromosomes.

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The correct answer is: d all sex cells having 23 chromosomes.

During meiosis, the process of gamete formation in humans (and most organisms), the number of chromosomes is halved. Humans have a diploid number of 46 chromosomes, which consists of 23 pairs. Meiosis results in gametes (sex cells) that each have 23 individual chromosomes (haploid), which is why option d is the correct choice.