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What relationship exists between the meiocyte and gamete w.r.t. chromosome number ?

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Meiocyte is a cell which undergose reduction devision i.e., meiosis. It contains two sats of chromosomes i.e., diploid (2n) and after the meiosis it forms haploid gametes . So number of chromosomes in gamete is half that of meiocyte.
Gamete chromosomes `=(1)/(2)xx` meiocyte chromosomes
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