Question

if the chromosome number of somatic cell of a plant is 48 .what would be the chromosome number of male gamete and endosperm cell of the plant

Answer 1

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somatic cell is any cell other than gamete cell.

now, the chromosome number of somatic cell is given to be 48.

the chromosome number of male gamete would be half.


i.e. $\frac{48}{2} = 24$


and we know that endosperm cell is triploid in nature and total number of chromosomes were given to be 48.

if 3n = 48

$n = \frac{48}{3}$

n = 16

so, the total number of chromosomes in endosperm cell would be 16.


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