AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The muscle cells of an elephant contain 62 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in an elephant egg cell?
A
31
B
62
C
122
D
244
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Elephant parent cell has 62 chromosomes after meiosis gametes have 31 chromosomes. Hence, 31 chromosomes are present in elephant egg cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The muscle cells of an elephant contain 62 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hi the question says elephant has 56 chromosomes basically elephant is deployed organisms. So for elephant is 56. Now we have to find the number of chromosomes in each cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Egg and sperm cells have just 23 chromosomes each. That’s half as many chromosomes as regular cells. Through the process of fertilization, egg and sperm join to make a cell with 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), called a zygote. For each chromosome pair, one homologous chromosome came from each parent.

Detailed explanation-5: -An elephant sperm cell contains 28 chromosomes.

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