Q: The two members of a given pair of chromosomes are called what?


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

The two members of a given pair of chromosomes are called homologous chromosomes . We get one of each homologous pair, or 23 chromosomes, from our father. We get the other one of each pair, or 23 chromosomes, from our mother. A gamete must have the haploid number of chromosomes. That way, when two gametes unite, the zygote will have the diploid number. How are haploid cells produced? The answer is meiosis.

 Choices:

- tissue chromosomes

- divergant chromosomes

- isolated chromosomes

- homologous chromosomes


A:
homologous chromosomes