500
Goldfish 94
Potato 48
Human 46
Pea 14
Fruit Fly 8
Which of the following is the best explanation for why the chromosomes number is an even number in each of these organisms?
A. It is only a coincidence
B. The diploid chromosomes # is always even so that when mitosis occurs each new cell gets half of chromosomes.
C. The diploid chromosomes # represents pairs of chromosomes, one from each parent, so it is always an even number.
c