The ant Myrmecia pilosula has the smallest number of chromos…
The ant Myrmecia pilosula has the smallest number of chromosomes possible in a eukaryote: females possess only one pair of chromosomes, and males have only one chromosome! Put another way, female M. pilosula can be described as having the haploid condition n = 1 and the diploid condition 2n = 2. Based on this scenario as well as your knowledge of gamete formation, a female M. pilosula can produce gametes with ________ different sets of chromosomes.