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.
03/06: Report: NC teacher pay slides against peer states. The state's average teacher salary of $45,967 is almost $10,000 less than the national average. Starting pay for a teacher in North Carolina is $30,800 a year, and it takes 15 years to get to $40,000.We love what we do, but we also have to make a living, said Paula Trantham, principal of Millbrook Elementary Magnet School. Trantham said she recently lost teachers to Kentucky and Tennessee. few years ago, North Carolina was close to the national average in teacher pay. Six years of state budget cuts and pay freezes have left the state 46th in teacher salaries and 48th in per-student spending.