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OpenStudy (anonymous):

hey.......can u help me......

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a fruit fly has 4 chromosomes in each of its sperm cells.how many does it have in its regular body cells?

OpenStudy (blues):

Mulla, please don't post the same question three times in half an hour. A sperm cell is a kind of gamete. Gametes have half the number of chromosomes as somatic (or 'regular body') cells. So if the fruit fly has four chromosomes in its gametes, then how many chromosomes do you think it has in its somatic cells?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

isn't it 2.......

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