AP BIOLOGY

LABORATORY REVIEW

MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If the parent cell starts out with 24 Chromosome and undergoes mitosis, then how many will each of the daughter cells have?
A
48
B
12
C
5
D
24
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, the parent cell with 24 chromosomes after undergoing mitosis will form two daughter cells each with 24 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -If a cell has 24 chromosomes before cell division then daughter cell resulting from mitotic division will have 24 chromosomes while daughter cell resulting from the meiotic division will contain 12 chromosomes each.

Detailed explanation-3: -Once mitosis is complete, the cell has two groups of 46 chromosomes, each enclosed with their own nuclear membrane. The cell then splits in two by a process called cytokinesis, creating two clones of the original cell, each with 46 monovalent chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: After meiosis, the daughter cells will be haploid and will only have half the species number of chromosomes, in this case, 12 chromosomes. If the parent diploid cell has 24 chromosomes prior to meiosis, then all of the daughter cells will only have 12 chromosomes after the two rounds of meiosis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mitosis is a process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that occurs when a parent cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells.

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