Aspecies of kangaroo has a diploid chromosome number of 16. after meiosis, to develop the kangaroo’s sperm or egg, the haploid number would be . when fertilization occurs, the zygote would again have 16 chromosomes.

The haploid number would be 8.

-In somatic cells there are two sets of chromosomes, one from the mother and the other from the father.
-Sperm and egg cells are haploid, which means they only contain half the number of chromosomes of somatic cells.
-If the kangaroo has a diploid number of 16, the haploid number is 8.
-After meiosis, 8 chromosomes from the sperm cell get together with 8 chromosomes from the egg cell, forming a zygote with 16 chromossomes
n=8
2n = 16.