Question

A fruit fly has diploid cells with 8 chromosomes. Explain how many chromosomes are in its haploid gametes

Answer 1

4

Step-by-step explanation:

Diploid means 2n

Haploid means n

Here we have 2n=8 (because fruit fly has diploid cells with 8 chromosomes) to get to n which is haploid divide by 2, you get n=4