How many chromosomes are in a sperm cell from an animal whose somatic cells have 32 chromosomes (2n=32)? If 2n=32, how many chromosomes are in a haploid cell?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-24T09:14:55

Whatever is the chromosome number in somatic cell, in gametes of the same species, i.e. in egg/sperm chromosome number will be reduced to half.

So in an animal with 32 (2n) chromosomes in somatic cell, number of chromosomes in sperm will be 16 (n).