AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

CELL DIVISION AND CANCEROUS CELLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A stomach cell in cats with 20 chromosomes is undergoing mitosis. What will the result be?
A
2 heart cells with 10 chromosomes each
B
4 stomach cells with 40 chromosomes each
C
2 stomach cells with 10 chromosomes each
D
4 stomach cells with 20 chromosomes each
E
2 stomach cells with 20 chromosomes each
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: If an organism has 20 chromosomes, then the number of chromosomes the daughter cells have after mitosis is 20 because when a cell divides by the process of mitosis it produces two clone daughter cells having the same number of chromosomes (20) as the parent cell has.

Detailed explanation-2: -The number of chromosomes is reduced to half at the end of meiosis. So, a cell having 20 chromosomes will give rise to four daughter cells having 10 chromosomes after meiosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -2n = 20, 1n = 10, 1n = 10. A diploid somatic ("body") cell has 2n = 20 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -2n 2c means two homolog (diploid) unreplicated chromosomes (two chromatids). 1n 1c one single chromosome (haploid) that is unreplicated. 2n 4c Two homolog chromosomes (diploid) consisting each of two sister chromatids (two yellow and two blue), thus 4c in total.

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