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The species Procyon normally has 16 chromosomes in each body cell. How many chromosomes will an egg of this species have?

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Answer: 8

Explanation: an egg is a gamete (a sexual reproduction cell) and will have half as many chromosomes as a regular cell. if the regular cell of this species has a diploid number of 16 than the gamete of that species will have the haploid number 8. thus 8 chromosomes.

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