In most vertebrates, the sperm cell normally contributes which of the following to the new organism?

A. Many mitochondria
B. Significant amounts of RNA
C. A haploid complement of chromosomes
D. Most of the cytoplasm of the zygote
E. Two sex chromosomes


Ans: C. A haploid complement of chromosomes

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