Eight
Thirty two
Sixty four
Twenty four
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
The correct answer is (a).
The endosperm is a triploid tissue that develops from the union of a haploid sperm and a diploid egg. Therefore, if the leaf of a gymnosperm has 16 chromosomes, the endosperm will have 8 chromosomes.
Option (b) is incorrect because it is twice the number of chromosomes in the leaf. Option (c) is incorrect because it is four times the number of chromosomes in the leaf. Option (d) is incorrect because it is the number of chromosomes in the leaf.