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Is it true that your somatic cells have chromosomes just like the ones in your dad's sperm and your mom's egg, but that those chromosomes are not so similar to the chromosomes that your dad had in his somatic cells? How can this be explained?
Somatic cells will be in diploid condition and Germ Cells will be in Haploid condition. So, Somatic cells cannot have chromosomes like those in the sperm or egg cell.
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Is a kidney cell an example of a sex cell, a germ cell, a somatic cell or a haploid cell?
Kidney is not a reproductive organ, hence there is no germ cell or haploid cell in kidney. Cells in kidney are all diploid.
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A fruit fly has diploid cells with 8 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in its haploid gametes?
Diploid cells always have an even number of chromosomes because the chromosomes are found in pairs (2n). Haploid cells only contain half the number of chromosomes (n). So you just...
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Describe the cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, and cytoplasm. Which of these structures are you likely to find in a prokaryotic cell, Eukaryotic cell, plant cell or animal cell?
Basic Definitions: = the semi-permeable structure that surrounds the cell and keeps all of the cells organelles from exploding everywhere. Cell Wall = the rigid 'armor' of the...
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Which of these correctly distinguishes mitosis from meiosis?
A) Mitosis occurs in germ cells and meiosis occurs in somatic cells.
B) Crossing over takes place in mitosis and not in meiotic cell division.
C) Meiosis produces four 2N daughter cells; mitos
Recall that somatic cells are body cells excluding the reproductive cells. For example, this includes cells of the liver, skin, stomach, but not of sperm or the human egg. In...
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Why are sperm and egg haploid cells?
Sperm and egg undergo fusion to a zygote. The zygote will undergo developmental stages and growth to eventually form an individual of a specie. The number of chromosomes must be...
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Are all unicellular organisms haploid? If not, how do we know a cell is haploid or diploid?
All chromosomes are different in appearance as far as the length and position of centromere is concerned in haploid cells . Haploid number means a set of chromosomes which are...
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If there are 32 sister chromatids in a normal somatic cell, what is the haploid number for that cell?
The sister chromatds are found in same chromosomes. Each chromosome has two sister chromatids joined at the centromere. The nuber of chromatids are double than the number of chromosomes. Thank...
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Are the sex chromosomes present only in sex cells or in the somatic cells as well?
There isn’t any difference between number and kind of chromosomes in the all of cells which have chromosomes in a alive particular
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A sperm cell of an alligator has 16 chromosomes.what is the total number of chromosomes normally present in a stomach cell of this alligator?
A)8 B)16 C)32 D)48
Basically, a germ cell (sperm or egg cell) is $n$. Now, the stomach cell, which is a somatic cell, is $2n$. If you substitute $2(16)=32$ Germ cells have gametes while...
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