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(a) State the difference between meiocyt...

(a) State the difference between meiocyte and gamete with respect to chromosome number.
(b) Why is a whiptail lizard referred to as parthenogenetic?

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(a) Meiocyte (gamete mother cells) is diploid (2n), where as gamete is haploid (n).
(b) Whiptail lizard is said to be parthenogenetic because female gamete undergoes development to form new organisms without fertilization.
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