Domestic horses have 64 chromosomes in a normal body cell. How many chromosomes are in a female horse's egg cell?
Biology · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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A female horse's egg cell contains half the number of chromosomes compared to the normal body cell. Since a normal body cell (somatic cell) in a horse has 64 chromosomes, it is diploid, meaning it has two sets of chromosomes. During the formation of egg cells through a process called meiosis, the chromosome number is halved, resulting in cells that are haploid (one set of chromosomes). Therefore, a female horse's egg cell has 32 chromosomes.