Question

Most cells in the body of a fruit fly contain eight chromosomes. How many of these chromosomes were contributed by each parent of the fruit fly?.

Answer 1

4

Step-by-step explanation:

if somatic cells have 8 chromosomes, and they are defined as diploid (2n), the haploid cells (n) will have half of the chronosomes of the diploid cell which in this case is 8/2=4. this means that the gamets of this species have 4 chromosomes, meaning the parents had 4 chrmosomes too