Corn has 10 chromosomes in each of its egg cells. What is the 2n number of corn?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-20T01:39:29

$"2n = 20"$

Egg cell is a haploid cell ( $"n"$ ).

So, $"n" = 10$

$"2n = 2 × 10 = 20"$

Answer 2 · 2018-04-20T15:53:26

$20$

Any sex cells are haploid as a result of meiosis, and egg cells are one of them.

So, if $n=10$ , then the diploid number, $2n$ of this corn, will be

$2*10=20$