Q: During sexual reproduction, the macronucleus dissolves and is replaced by what?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Figure 23.16 The complex process of sexual reproduction in Paramecium creates eight daughter cells from two original cells. Each cell has a macronucleus and a micronucleus. During sexual reproduction, the macronucleus dissolves and is replaced by a micronucleus. (credit “micrograph”: modification of work by Ian Sutton; scale-bar data from Matt Russell).

 Choices:

- fluctuations

- chromosomes

- sporozoans

- micronucleus


A:
micronucleus