Question
Biology Question on sexual reproduction in flowering plants
If root of a flowering plant has 24 chromosomes, then its gamete has how marry chromosomes?
A
24
B
12
C
4
D
8
Answer
12
Explanation
Solution
Gamete formation involves meiosis or reduction division. It produces four daughter cells from one parent cell, which are having half the chromosome number as compared to the parent cell. So if the parent plant has 24 chromosomes [i.e. 2n = 24, then n = 12] then the four gametes formed will have 12 chromosomes in each of them.