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Normal mice gametes contain 20 chromosomes. how many chromosomes do normal mice zygotes contain?

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40

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It contains 40 chromosomes. Explanation: It is because gametes are produced by meiosis in which the number of chromosomes get halved which later gets restore at zygote stage due to fusion of male and female gamete containing 20 chromosomes each.
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