A diploid cell of an organism has two similar sets of six chromosomes nbsp-each and the total number of genes is 2400- Number of genes in the genome of the organism is -

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Standard XII

Biology

Double Fertilisation

A diploid cel...

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A diploid cell of an organism has two similar sets of six chromosomes each and the total number of genes is 2400. Number of genes in the genome of the organism is ?

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Answer is 1200. Number of genes in the genome of the organism is 1200. A diploid cell has 2n number of chromosome. n is the genome of the organism which has 6 chromosome. Therefore total number of chromosome in diploid cell is 12. Total number of genes in 2n (12 chromosome) chromosome is 2400. Therefore number of genes in n (6 chromosome) chromosome or genome is 1200.

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