Question

21. SC.912.L.16.17to od toad onQuaking aspen can send out underground stems for asexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction is notas common, but when it does happen, the haploid gametes have 19 chromosomes. How manychromosomes are in the cells of the underground stems?a. 9 b. 10 c. 19 d. 38

Answer 1

The number of chromosomes in the cells of the underground stems is 38, they are diploid cells, which by meiosis produce haploid gametes with the half number of chromosomes.