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A gorilla sex cell divides by meiosis. The daughter cells produced each have _______ chromosomes. A. 24 B. 12 C. 72 D. 48

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Answer: 24

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The correct answer is - option A. 24.

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis is the one of two types of cell cycle that occur in an individual organism. Meiosis is special type of cell division that result in half the chromosome number in the daughter cells.

There is 48 chromosome number in the gorilla cell which when divides through this process get reduce to half of the number of parent cell chromosome which is 24 chromosome (n/2).

Thus, the correct answer is - option A.

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