Part 1:
The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits tropical fevers, including dengue fever and yellow fever. This species contains six chromosomes in the somatic, or body, cells. Which of the following statements about meiosis and the gametes produced by Aedes aegypti mosquitos are true? Need Assignment Help?
Choose one or more: A. The gametes have an equal number of paternal and maternal chromosomes. B. Each gamete contains three chromosomes. C. Three bivalents are formed during the first meiotic division. D. The four gametes produced at the end of meiosis have identical chromosomes.
Part 2:
The maternal or paternal chromosomes in the bivalent randomly align on the metaphase I plate. Assume that recombination could be experimentally blocked in the mosquito cells. How many possible genetically distinct types of sperm could the male mosquito produce in the absence of recombination?