If gametes were diploid like somatic cells, how many chromosomes would the zygote contain?
◦ Triple the diploid number, and with every succeeding generation, the chromosome number would continue to triple and normal development would not occur.
◦ Twice the diploid number, and with every succeeding generation, the chromosome number would continue to double and normal development could not occur.
◦ Half the diploid number with no change in development.
◦ There is no relationship between gametes and somatic cells.