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Question
The normal body cell of an organism contains 28 pairs of chromosomes. The number of chromosomes present in its germ cell will be:
Options
28
14
56
42
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Solution
14
Explanation:
A germ cell has 14 pairs of chromosomes, i.e., half the number of chromosomes present in the normal body cell of an organism.
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