A diploid trout has 60 total chromomes (2n = 60). Its gametes have 30 chromsomes (n=30). Triploids can be made by an egg from a diploid female trout fertilized by a sperm from a tetraploid male trout.
How many chromsomes total does a tetraploid trout have?
30
60
120
240
How many chromsomes are in the sperm made from a tetraploid trout? Recall that 2n=60 for a diploid trout.
120
90
30
60
How many chromsomes total does a triploid trout have? Recall that 2n=60 for a diploid trout.
120
90
180
60
Triploid organisms more fertile than diploid organisms.
False
True
A diploid trout has 60 total chromomes (2n = 60). Its gametes have 30 chromsomes (n=30). Triploids can be made by an egg from a diploid female trout fertilized by a sperm from a tetraploid male trout.
How many chromsomes total does a tetraploid trout have?
120
How many chromsomes are in the sperm made from a tetraploid trout? Recall that 2n=60 for a diploid trout.
60
How many chromsomes total does a triploid trout have? Recall that 2n=60 for a diploid trout.
90
Triploid organisms more fertile than diploid organisms.
False