AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -If the cells have 12 chromosomes during interphase, the number of chromosomes will be retained as 12 in each of the daughter cells even after the completion of mitosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each daughter cell will have half of the original 46 chromosomes, or 23 chromosomes. Each chromosome consists of 2 sister chromatids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overall, meiosis results in the formation of four haploid cells from a diploid parent cell. So if a cell has 12 chromosomes at the end of meiosis I which is reduction division, it means that the parent cell would have had 24 chromosomes in prophase I.

Detailed explanation-4: -A plant cell has 12 chromosomes at the end of mitosis.

Detailed explanation-5: -As the above image shows, there are 8 chromosomes present, but 16 chromatids. Similarly, in humans (2n=46), there are 46 chromosomes present during metaphase, but 92 chromatids. A quick tip: notice that during the stages of meiosis and mitosis, the chromatid count never changes.