Answer the following questions:

a. How many chromosomes does the tasmanian devil have in all? Are these the haploid or diploid?

b. How many pairs of chromosomes does the tasmanian devil have? Haploid or diploid?

c. The last pair of chromosomes are the . The previous pairs are called the .

d. If the tasmanian devil has , then it is a boy. If the tasmanian devil has , then it will be a female.

e. What would happen if a human had an extra chromosome? What is that called?

f. Could receiving extra chromosomes happen to the tasmanian devil? Why or why not? Use your past knowledge of important processes you have already learned about.

The following questions are answered below.

Explanation:

a. They have 14 chromosomes that occurs in 7 pairs which has X and Y sex chromosomes. They are diploid.

b. They have 7 pairs of chromosomes that includes X and Y sex chromosomes. They are diploid.

c.  The last pair of chromosomes are the sex chromosomes. The previous pairs are called the autosomes.

d. If the Tasmanian devil has 14 chromosomes , then it is a boy. If the Tasmanian devil has 28 chromosomes , then it will be a female.

e. The one extra chromosomes are the egg or sperm that means three in fertilized egg. They are called as Trisomy.

f. The Tasmanian devil's will not get Down syndrome but some times there may be trisomy if there are three chromosomes instead of two.