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How many chromsomes would the haploid cells contain if a diploid cell contains 16 chromosomes?
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∙ 13y ago
The diploid number of an organism is its full set of genetic information. A gamete only carries the haploid number because it only needs half the amount of information. This is because the gamete will join with a gamete from a different organism to produce a full set of genetic information, which is in the form of offspring. So the haploid number is always half of the diploid number. For your question, the chromosome number of each gamete will be its haploid number, 8.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoEight pairs.
This is because in a diploid cell every chromosome came from one parent, and has one counterpart that came from the other parent.
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∙ 12y agoIf the number of chromosome is 16 then the number of each gamete is 8 because gametes only use half of a haploid cell
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∙ 13y ago8.
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Are gemetes diploid or haploid?
Gametes are haploid cells because they only contain half of the chromosomes of a diploid cell. For example, a human somatic (diploid) cell contains 46 chromosomes. Therefore, a haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
Certain type of diploid cell contains 58 chromosomes How many chromosomes would you expect a gamete of this organism to contain?
29
Do Body cells contain pairs of chromosomes?
Yes. Because a haploid contains 23 chromosomes and in order for it to be a diploid it must have a complete set of chromosomes. Therefor a diploid would be a complete set of chromosomes.
What type of cell has two sets chromosomes?
Diploid cells have two complete sets of chromosomes. The body cells of animals are all diploid. Human diploid cells contain 46 chromosomes.
What is the difference between a diploid cell and a haploid?
Diploid cells contain 2 sets of chromosomes, whereas haploid cells contain half of this (one set of chromosomes).
Are gemetes diploid or haploid?
Gametes are haploid cells because they only contain half of the chromosomes of a diploid cell. For example, a human somatic (diploid) cell contains 46 chromosomes. Therefore, a haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
What is a diploid cell and a haploid cell?
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Certain type of diploid cell contains 58 chromosomes How many chromosomes would you expect a gamete of this organism to contain?
29
A cell such as a somatic cell that contains two sets of chromosomes is said to be what?
A cell such as a somatic cell that contains two sets of chromosomes is said to be a diploid.
Do Body cells contain pairs of chromosomes?
Yes. Because a haploid contains 23 chromosomes and in order for it to be a diploid it must have a complete set of chromosomes. Therefor a diploid would be a complete set of chromosomes.
What type of cell has two sets chromosomes?
Diploid cells have two complete sets of chromosomes. The body cells of animals are all diploid. Human diploid cells contain 46 chromosomes.
What is the difference between a diploid cell and a haploid?
Diploid cells contain 2 sets of chromosomes, whereas haploid cells contain half of this (one set of chromosomes).
How many chromsomes in an organisms with a dipiloid number of 18?
The somatic (body) cells of that organism is the diploid number, 18. The number of chromosomes in the gametes ( sex cells) is half of the diploid number or 9.
What is the diploid chromosome number for humans and ensp and ensp and ensp and ensp and ensp?
The human genome contains 23 chromosomes (n=23) so the diploid cells contain, in a healthy person, exactly 46 chromosomes (2n=46).
Why do diploids always contain an even number of chromosomes?
The diploid number is always even because it contains two complete sets of chromosomes. Since there is two sets you split the diploid number in half. Two times any number is always even.
What is the term that describes the condition in which a cell contains two sets of homologous chromosomes?
What refers to having two sets of chromosomes?
Do you body cells of humans have 46 pairs of chromosomes?
A cell that contains both copies of each chromosome is called a Diploid cell.
