* Human cells normally have 46 chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes (non-sex chromosomes) and 2 sex chromosomes (XX for female or XY for male).

* Mature sperm cells have 23 chromosomes: They only contain one copy of each chromosome, including either an X or a Y sex chromosome. This is achieved through meiosis, a special type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in half.

So, a cell with 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome is a sperm cell that has undergone the first stage of meiosis but not the second stage. In the first stage of meiosis (meiosis I), the chromosomes duplicate and then pair up. The cell then divides into two daughter cells, each with 23 chromosomes, but each chromosome still consists of two sister chromatids joined together.

The second stage of meiosis (meiosis II) is where the sister chromatids separate, resulting in four haploid gametes (sperm or egg cells) each with 23 chromosomes.

Therefore, a sperm cell with 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome is an intermediate stage in the process of sperm development and would not be able to fertilize an egg.