Question

If Spike has 36 chromosomes, you would
expect that Spike would have inherited ______ chromosomes from his mother and
______ chromosomes from his father

Answer 1

If Spike has 36 chromosomes, you would expect that he inherited 18 chromosomes from his mother and 18 chromosomes from his father. This is because in sexually reproducing organisms, the total number of chromosomes is typically the sum of the chromosomes inherited from each parent, where each parent contributes half of the total.