AP BIOLOGY

LABORATORY REVIEW

MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A sexually reproducing organism with 30 chromosomes in its body cells will get how many of those from its mother?
A
12
B
30
C
15
D
24
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If a cell has 15 pairs of chromosomes (n = 15), it has 30 chromosomes (2n = 30). At the end of mitosis, the two daughter cells will be exact copies of the original cell. Each daughter cell will have 30 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, a cell beginning with 30 chromosomes will end up having daughter cells with only 15 chromosomes by the end of meiosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -so an animal with a diploid number of chromosomes equal to 30 will produce four gametes. Each gamete will contain 15 chromosomes due to meiosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: If a parent cell has 28 chromosomes and undergoes meiosis, the resulting cells will have (c) 14 chromosomes. Meiosis is a cell division process that produces four daughter cells after two consecutive cell divisions (meiosis I followed by meiosis II).

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