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A fruit fly has diploid cells with 8 chromosomes. Explain how many chromosomes are in its haploid gametes

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Answer:

4

Step-by-step explanation:

Diploid means 2n

Haploid means n

Here we have 2n=8 (because fruit fly has diploid cells with 8 chromosomes) to get to n which is haploid divide by 2, you get n=4

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