Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

If the haploid chromosome number of a plant is 12, how many chromosomes does a monosomic have?

Correct answer B. 23

Explanation

A monosomic lacks one chromosome from the diploid set (2n - 1), so with 2n = 24 it has 23 chromosomes.

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