Question

the pacific ridley sea turtle has 56 chromosomes. how many chromosomes would its offspring receive from each parent?

Answer 1

haploid number: 28 chromosomes from each parent

Step-by-step explanation:

the offspring would receive half the amount of chromosomes from each parent (haploid number) as during fertilization half from each parent would combined and form the zygote that then will have in total 56 chromosomes.