An interesting group of ants consists of several virtually identical, closely related species, with females having chromosome numbers of 18, 20, 32, 48, 60, 62, and 64. if one crossed a female of species (a) with 32 chromosomes and a male species (b) with 9 chromosomes (males are haploid, and each gamete contains the n complement), how many chromosomes would one expect in the body (somatic) cells of the female offspring

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Saniya Riddle

14 September, 18:37

An interesting group of ants consists of several virtually identical, closely related species, with females having chromosome numbers of 18, 20, 32, 48, 60, 62, and 64. if one crossed a female of species (a) with 32 chromosomes and a male species (b) with 9 chromosomes (males are haploid, and each gamete contains the n complement), how many chromosomes would one expect in the body (somatic) cells of the female offspring

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Emmanuel Fields · Answer 1

The ant females have chromosome numbers of 18, 20, 32, 48, 60, 62, and 64. So now female with 32 chromosomes crossed with 9 male, then there would be 25 chromosomes in the body cells of female offspring. every other cell is called as somatic cells except the reproductive cells.