Figure 12.5
-Male grasshoppers (such as the karyotype type shown here),have a single X chromosome.How many chromosomes would be in a sperm cell from this grasshopper?

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Since the male grasshopper has a single X chromosome, its sperm cells would have half the number of chromosomes as its somatic cells. Therefore, the sperm cell of this grasshopper would have 12 chromosomes (6 haploid number) as its diploid number would be 2n = 24.

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