Question

An organism has a diploid number of 102. what is the organism's haploid number?

a. 51
b. 102
c. 408
d. 204

Answer 1

51.

Diploid means they have 2 of each chromosome, and haploid means just one of each. So diploid is 2n, haploid is n.

Humans are diploid organisms and have 46 total chromosomes. Our haploid number is 23.

Hope that helps. :)

Answer 2

51

Step-by-step explanation:

An organism is said to be diploid if he/she possesses two complete sets of chromosomes and the number of such sets is the diploid number.

The haploid number refers to the number of chromosomes in one set, that is it is half the diploid number.

Since in the given question the diploid number is 102, the haploid number must be 1/2 X 102 = 51.