Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 10 - Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction - Assess - Page 184: 1

Answer

$D)$: 8 Chromosomes

Work Step by Step

Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces gametes. It is often known as a reduction division because the four daughter cells produced from the parent cell contain half of the chromosomes as the parent cell. If a parent cell has 16 chromosomes, a daughter cell will have 8 chromosomes.
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