A Rhesus monkey has 42 chromosomes in total. One gamete from each of the parents joins the other to form the zygote. Each gamete contains 21 chromosomes.

Reproductive cells, also known as gametes, carry only one copy of each chromosome, making them solitary cells that do not contain a pair of chromosomes. When two reproductive cells come together, they form a zygote, a single cell with two copies of each chromosome. Thus, the zygote of the monkey would contain 42 chromosomes.

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