In tobacco plant, the male gametes have twenty four chromosomes. What is the number of chromosomes in the female gamete?

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asked Jun 1, 2017 in Biology by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 381 1015
In tobacco plant, the male gametes have twenty four chromosomes.
What is the number of chromosomes in the female gamete?
What is the number of chromosomes in the zygote?

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answered Jun 1, 2017 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
edited Mar 14, 2018 by Annu Priya
 
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Number of chromosomes in female gamete is 24
Number of chromosomes in zygote is 48, as it is formed after fertilization of both male & female gamete.

commented Mar 13, 2018 by Divya (10 points)
How zygote has 48 chromosomes??

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