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BiologyCell Cycle and Cell DivisionNEET

In maize, a meiocyte has 20 chromosomes. What will be the number of chromosomes in its somatic cell?

Answer: (C)

Solution

A meiocyte is itself a diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis, so its chromosome number is the same as that of any other somatic

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