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In humans, gametes (sperm and eggs) are haploid, meaning they contain half the number of chromosomes found in somatic (body) cells. If an organism has 40 chromosomes in its diploid somatic cells, its gametes will have 20 chromosomes. This reduction occurs through meiosis, which ensures that when gametes fuse during fertilization, the resulting offspring have the correct diploid number of chromosomes.
The answer is 40
Meiosis results in gametes that have half the number of chromosomes of other cells. A gamete carries one of each pair of homologous chromosomes. Their are 46 chromosoes in Meiosis I and 23 in Meiosis II.
Deer mice, like other mammals, have a diploid number of chromosomes. For deer mice (genus Peromyscus), the diploid number is typically 40 chromosomes. Therefore, in their gametes, which are haploid, there would be 20 chromosomes.
A somatic or non-sex cell has 23 pairs or 46 total chromosomes. Sex cells or gametes have a total of 23 chromosomes.
20 chromosomes
In humans, gametes (sperm and eggs) are haploid, meaning they contain half the number of chromosomes found in somatic (body) cells. If an organism has 40 chromosomes in its diploid somatic cells, its gametes will have 20 chromosomes. This reduction occurs through meiosis, which ensures that when gametes fuse during fertilization, the resulting offspring have the correct diploid number of chromosomes.
20
The answer is 40
The diploid number is the total number of chromosomes found in the autosomes, or non-gamete cells of an organism. The diploid number includes both chromosomes of each homologous pair. Gametes, on the other hand, carry only one chromosome from each homologous pair; they are haploid rather than diploid. Gametes therefore carry half the number of chromosomes that autosomes do.
The answer is 40
16 (haploid number = n, and diploid number =2n) so if n=8, the diploid number is 2x8 = 16
20
Since the gametes contain one half the number, the zygote will have to have the full number of 40.
It varies from organism to organism. Humans have 23 chromosomes in a haploid (gamate) cell.
Meiosis results in gametes that have half the number of chromosomes of other cells. A gamete carries one of each pair of homologous chromosomes. Their are 46 chromosoes in Meiosis I and 23 in Meiosis II.
Deer mice, like other mammals, have a diploid number of chromosomes. For deer mice (genus Peromyscus), the diploid number is typically 40 chromosomes. Therefore, in their gametes, which are haploid, there would be 20 chromosomes.