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An organism with 24 chromosomes in each body cell will produce sex cells with __________ chromosomes. A) 12 B) 24 C) 48 D) 96
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An organism with 24 chromosomes in each body cell will produce sex cells with __________ chromosomes.

A) 12
B) 24
C) 48
D) 96

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The correct answer is A)12.

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The organism will produce 12 chromosomes (A).

Sex cells are the products of meiosis. Daughter cells of meiosis contain half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. So if the parent cell has 24 chromosomes, then the sex cell would have 12 chromosomes.
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