Question

Calculate the diploid & haploid numbers for each of the following organisms

Organism
Diploid number
Haploid number
Camel
70
Human
46
Squirrel
20
Apple
34
3
Mosquito
Frog
13
Lettuce
18
Explain how a human baby gets 46 chromosomes:

Answer 1

Meiosis is the start of the process of how a baby grows. Normally, meiosis causes each parent to give 23 chromosomes to a pregnancy. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the union leads to a baby with 46 chromosomes.