Question

If a human cell has 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in each daughter cell?

Answer 1

If the human cell has 46 chromosomes, the daughter cells will have 23 in each. The daughter cells are haploids.

Answer 2

There will be 46 chromosomes in each daughter cell.

To create daughter cells, a parent cell duplicates, then splits in half. So, if the human cell starts with 46 chromosomes, duplicates to contain 92 chromosomes, it will split into two daughter cells containing 46 chromosomes. This occurs during a process called mitosis.

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