Question

You are a mosquito and your body cells have 3 pairs of chromosomes, giving you a total (diploid) number of 6 chromosomes. After mitosis, how does the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells compare to the number of chromosomes in the parent cell? Why is this important?

Answer 1

At the beginning of mitosis, a mosquito cell has six double-stranded chromosomes. This cell will have split into two daughter cells with six chromosomes each at the end of mitosis. Consequently, 6 chromosomes will be provided to each daughter cell (single-stranded).

What is mitosis?

One cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells during the cell duplication process known as mitosis. The cell's chromosomes are duplicated throughout the process of mitosis and then divided equally between the two daughter cells' two new nuclei.

Every chromosome acquires identical copies of the parent cell's DNA thanks to anaphase. At their centromere, the sister chromatids divide in half to form distinct, identical chromosomes.

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