Turkeys have 40 pairs of chromosomes. How many chromosomes would you expect to find in a turkey egg cell?(1 point)

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Responses

20
20

telophase 160
telophase 160

40
40

80

Answer 1

In a turkey, which has 40 pairs of chromosomes, there would be a total of 80 chromosomes in a somatic (body) cell (since 40 pairs means 2 chromosomes for each pair). However, egg cells (gametes) are haploid, meaning they have half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells.

Therefore, in a turkey egg cell, you would expect to find:

20 chromosomes.