Question
- State the difference between meiocyte and gamete with respect to chromosome number.
- Why is awhiptail lizard referred to as parthenogenetic?
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Answer
- Meiocyte-diploid/2n, Gamete-haploid/n.
- It is a female and gives rise to new female reptile without fertilisation // because it develops fromunfertilised egg.
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