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The Fundamental Unit of Life — Science STD 9 — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceThe Fundamental Unit of Life1 Mark
Question
What is one major difference between a human skin cell and a human egg cell?
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Answer

  1. Egg cell has half as many chromosomes as skin cell.
Explanation:
Skin cells are autosomal (46 x) and hence are diploid whereas the egg cell is referred to as female ova which is a reproductive cell and product of reduction division, hence it is haploid(23 x).

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