Question

A miracle berry plant is diploid; each of its cells has 15 chromosomes (2n = 15). A miracleberry plant cell enters mitosis and a chemical is used that inhibits cell plate formation after telophase. What would be the result?

Answer 1

Answer:

in normal case, after mitosis, a plant cell will produce 2 daughter cells with 2n chromosomes.

but in this case,

a chemical is used which inhibits cell plate formation. if cell plate is not formed then,

after mitosis, miracle berry plant cell will end up with having 1 daughter cell with 2n no. of chromosomes (2n =15). (no cell plate formation = 1 daughter cell)