In reproduction when the male deposits the sperm in a female, does each sperm have a different set of dna cod?

Question

I mean that in the end it does matter which sperm gets to get into the ovarie??

Answer 1

Each spermatozoa gets only one chromosome from each pair the father has. Since a normal humans has 23 pairs, then there are 2^23 or 8388608 possible variations (i.e. two choices for the first chromosome, two choices for the second and so on)

Answer 2

Vincent G is right, but he has not taken into consideration translocations, mutations, errors in repairing DNA, etc. so the possible combination is much higher.  Yes it matters which sperrm, siince they are not all the same.  Also you need a few hundred to a few thousand to destroy the zona pellucida to allow one sperm to enter.

Answer 3

Yes.  There are many similarities but each is different...like snowflakes.