There are sixteen chromosomes in leaf of a gymnosperm. How many chromosomes would occur in its endosperm ?

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(a) Eight — The number of chromosomes in gymnospermic leaf is 16 (2n) which means that its haploid chromosome number (the chromosome number present in gametes) is 8 (n). The megaspores, being the product of meiosis in megaspore mother cells (2n), are haploid and therefore chromosome number of its endosperm is n=8.

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(B) Thirty two

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(C) Sixty four

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(D) Twenty

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