Question

Suppose a butterfly with 16 chromosomes is able to produce offspring. How many chromosomes would the offspring receive from each parent?

A) 8
B) 10
C) 16
D) 32

Answer 1

A) 8 would be your answer.

Answer 2

The irght answer is 8.

Each parent will give half of its chromosomes to its offspring through the gametes (which are haploid cells, containing n chromosomes) which will then fuse (male and female gametes) to form a diploid 2n chromosome cell and will eventually give rise to a new individual.

So each parent will give 8 of these chromosomes to their offspring.