Class 12th Biology 2012 Set2 Delhi Board Paper Solution
Question 16
(a) State the difference between meiocyte and gamete with respect to chromosome number.
(a) State the difference between meiocyte and gamete with respect to chromosome number.
(b) Why is a whiptail lizard referred to as parthenogenetic?
Answer
(a) The gamete contains haploid set of chromosomes while the meiocyte contains a diploid set.
(b) Whiptail lizard is parthenogenetic because in this animal, an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual. This process of reproduction without fertilization is called parthenogenesis.
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