Question

There are 38 chromosomes in the muscle of cats. The eggs of a female cat would contain ____ chromosomes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Female cat eggs = 19 chromosomes.

Answer 2

Egg cell is a gamete and hence it is haploid, So egg cell would contain half the number of chromosomes than its other body cells.

Egg cell = 1/2 × 38

=》19 chromosomes.