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if an organism is diploid or 2n number of 16 how many chromosomes do its sperm...

if an organism is diploid or 2n number of 16 how many chromosomes do its sperm cells or eggs contain?
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2n = 16

n = 8

Since the sperm cells and egg are haploid (n) they contain half the number of chromosomes as compare to somatic cells which are diploid (2n).

So sperm cells and egg will have 8 chromosomes.

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