Unlike the body's other cells, the cells in the egg and sperm â called gametes or sex cells â possess only one chromosome. Gametes are produced by meiosis cell division, which results in the divided cells having half the number of chromosomes as the parent, or progenitor, cells. In the case of humans, this means that parent cells have two chromosomes and gametes have one. All of the gametes in the mother's eggs possess X chromosomes.
The average base salary for Colorado teachers with a bachelorâs degree and 10 years of experience is $36,700, according the report from the Center for American Progress, a research organization. The national average salary is $44,900. Salaries range from a low of $35,200 in Missouri and Montana and a high of $67,700 in Rhode Island.
Thinkstock. Coloradoâs average salary amounts to $22.84 an hour. By far the highest annual pay in the nation in 2011 was in the District of Columbia, at $74,540, Thomas reports.D.C. is treated as a state in the BLS data.hinkstock. Coloradoâs workers made an average of $47,510 a year in 2011, ranking the state 11th in the nation for average pay. Thatâs according to an analysis of new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures by G. Scott Thomas, who covers demographic trends in his On Numbers blog for The Business Journals.