the meiocyte of rice has 24 chromosomes . write their number of chromosomes in its egg cell and nuus

Meiocyte (2n) means the cell which undergoes meiosis to produce gametes (haploid in nature). If meiocyte of rice has 24 chromosomes, then the gametes (n) would have 12 chromosomes. Rice plant is an angiosperm. Angiosperms produce triploid endosperm (3n), after fertilization of one male gamete with two polar nuclei.

Thus, the number of chromosomes present in the triploid endosperm (3n) of that rice plant would be 36 (12 x 3).

 

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it will be 12
       
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