• An organism has a diploid number of 16 in a primary oocyte. • A) how many tetrads are present in first meiotic prophase? • B) How many dyads are present in second meiotic prophase? • C) How many monads migrate to each pole during second meiotic anaphase?
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The diploid number (2n) of an organism is the total number of chromosomes it has in each cell, which in this case is 16. This means in a diploid cell, there are 16 chromosomes, consisting of pairs from each parent (8 from each). Show more…
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