If a Crayfish Has 200 Total Chromosomes in Its Body

question 66

Multiple Choice

If a crayfish has 200 total chromosomes in its body cells (not ovaries or testes)

• A) any 100 could have been from its father and any 100 from its mother.
• B) they would consist of 100 pairs with one of each pair from the father, one of each pair from the mother.
• C) as many as none to 200 came from the father and conversely, from 200 to none would have come from the mother.
• D) 50 pairs or 100 total would come from the father and 50 pairs from the mother.
• E) all 200 come from the mother in a female crayfish, all 200 from the father in a male crayfish.

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