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
