OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
CELL BIOLOGY
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Question
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If a body cell of a chimpanzee contains 48 chromosomes, a gamete produced by a chimpanzee will contain how many chromosomes?
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24 chromosomes
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36 chromosomes
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48 chromosomes
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96 chromosomes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Each of the eggs and sperm in the chimpanzee contains 24 chromosomes, and when fertilization occurs, the chromosomes unite to make a single cell with 48 chromosomes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hence it is called a reductional division. Thus, if a cell has 24 chromosomes before division, the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells produced from mitotic division would remain the same i.e., 24 and the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells resulting from meiosis will be 12.
Detailed explanation-3: -The total number of chromosomes found in a chimpanzee is 48, so the egg cell will contain 24 chromosomes. In 24 chromosomes, 23 are autosomes, and one is a sex chromosome.
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