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If an organism’s diploid cells contain 8 chromosomes, how many chromosomes do its haploid cells contain?. . 8. . 10. . 16. . . . 4

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Its 4 i got it right
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Answer: The correct answer is 4

Explanation-

A diploid cell is the one, which contains a pair of set of chromosomes. For example- All eukaryotic cells are diploid that is they possess a paired set of chromosomes. It is usually depicted by 2n, where n represents a set of chromosomes.

On the contrary, haploid cell contains single set of chromosomes. For example- The gametes produced by sexually reproducing organism are haploid. It is depicted by n, where n represents only single set of chromosomes ( half the number of diploid).

For the diploid cell having 8 chromosomes, the number of chromosomes in it haploid cell will be its half that is 4.

Thus, the correct answer is 4.


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