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In a monocot, endosperm cells have 24 chromosomes. What shall be the chromosome number in embryo?

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24

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16

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12

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8

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Solution

The correct option is B 16
In a monocot, the endosperm is triploid in nature, i.e., 3n = 24. So n=8. Whereas, the embryo is diploid(2n) in nature. Thus, the embryo will have 2X8 = 16 chromosomes.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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