It would closest resemble either a library, or an external data storage. The chromosomes are made out of strands of DNA. The DNA is like Wiki Answers, or a how to book. It hold instructions for the cells reproduction.
A cell with 12 chromosomes would be haploid. In humans, a haploid cell would have 23 chromosomes.
A sperm cell will have 23 chromosomes, half the number found in a somatic cell. So, if there are 13 pairs of homologous chromosomes in the parental cell, there would be 26 chromosomes in the parental cell, but the sperm cell would have 23 individual chromosomes.
If their are 36 chromosomes, the sex cells would have 18 chromosomes each.
You would find them in a nucleaus inside the cell.
It depends on the type of cell division. In mitosis, 2 daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell are created. In a human, this would be 46 chromosomes. In meiosis, 4 daughter cell with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell are created. In a human, this would be 23 chromosomes.
Both daughter cells would have 52 chromosomes, and would be genetically identical to each other and the parent cell.
The egg cell would also have 20 chromosomes because during sexual reproduction, each parent contributes half of the chromosomes to the offspring. This ensures the offspring will have the correct number of chromosomes for the species, in this case, 20 chromosomes for the lizard.
A tetraploid potato cell would contain four sets of chromosomes, so a gametic cell would contain half that amount, which is two sets (diploid). This means a tetraploid potato gametic cell would contain 48 chromosomes.
The synergid cell of a wheat plant would also have 42 chromosomes. In plants, most cells have the same number of chromosomes as the root cell, as they are all derived from the same genetic material.
A sex cell contains half the number of chromosomes found in a somatic (normal) cell. Therefore a human sex cell would contain 23 chromosomes.
Each daughter cell has the same number of chromosomes as does a parent cell. In cell division, Each chromosome makes a copy of itself. The only time it does not is when the body produces an egg or sperm cell.
Reproductive cells have half the number of chromosomes as body cells, so if a body cell has 22 chromosomes, then the reproductive cells (sperm or egg) would have 11 chromosomes. This is because during sexual reproduction, the sperm and egg combine to form a new cell with the full number of chromosomes.