The pollen of a chickweed plant contains 22 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be present in the leaf cells of chickweed?

1 Answer
Apr 14, 2016

44 chromosomes.

Explanation:

pollen = gametes = n

chickweed plant is diploid, i.e., number of chromosomes = 2n

leaf cells = somatic cell (which are diploid) = 2n

here pollen has n=22

thus,
number of chromosomes in leaf cell = 2n = 2 x 22 =44