Question

An interesting group of ants consists of several virtually identical, closely related species, with females having chromosome numbers of 18, 20, 32, 48, 60, 62, and 64. if one crossed a female of species (a) with 32 chromosomes and a male species (b) with 9 chromosomes (males are haploid, and each gamete contains the n complement), how many chromosomes would one expect in the body (somatic) cells of the female offspring

Answer 1

The ant females have chromosome numbers of 18, 20, 32, 48, 60, 62, and 64. So now female with 32 chromosomes crossed with 9 male, then there would be 25 chromosomes in the body cells of female offspring. every other cell is called as somatic cells except the reproductive cells.