Garbhasanskar

The new life begins with the combination of a male sex cell and female sex cell. The development of each individual begins when a sperm cell from the male penetrates the wall of an ovum, or egg from the mother. These sex cells are developed in the reproductive organs. For example, the male sex cells are produced in the male gonads, the testes, while the female's sex cells are produced in the female gonads, the ovaries. Development begins at conception. At the moment that the tiny Tadpole shaped sperm penetrates the wall of the ovum, it releases 23 minute particles called chromosomes. At approximately the same time, the nucleus, the inner core of the ovum, breaks up, releasing 23 chromosomes of its own, so that the new individual begins life with 46 chromosomes. All the child's biological heritage from the father and mother is contained in these 23 pairs of chromosomes. Of these pairs, 22 are autosomes, possessed equally by males and females. The 23 pair, the...