In a plant which is 2n=24, what is the total number of CHROMATIDS present during prophase I of meiosis?

Q: What is something that occurs in prophase 1 of meiosis but not mitosis? How does this affect the end…

A: Crossing over between homologous chromosomes occurs in prophase 1 of meiosis  but not mitosis During…

Q: An organism has a diploid number of 20 in a primary oocyte. a. How many tetrads are present in the…

A: Oogenesis is a kind of gametogenesis. It produces four haploid gametes (egg) from single parent…

Q: what part of interphase II is crucial in meiosis for the producttion of haploid cells?

A: During the formation of haploid cells or gametes, the process of meiosis occurs twice (Meiosis I and…

Q: If the original parental cell had 12 pairs of homologous chromosomes, how many chromosomes would be…

A: Numerous physiological operations happen simultaneously in a biological cell. The sequential…

Q: What is the difference between Meiosis I and Meiosis II?

A: Meiosis is a process in which a single parent cell divides and produces four daughter cells…

Q: In Meiosis, what is a tetrad?

A: A Bivalent or the pair of homologus chromosome with 4 sister chromatids. It is typically formed…

Q: During which phase of meiosis does ploidy reduction occur? Does ploidy reduction occur in mitosis?

A: Ploidy reduction happens during meiosis II in the process of cell division through meiosis.…

Q: During meiosis I, assuming no crossing over, what chromatid combination(s) will be present at the…

A: Meiosis is the cell division of germ cells to produce gametes (sperm or egg cells) in sexually…

Q: A group of naturally occurring diploids of a species has 50 pairs of chromosomes. how many…

A: Mitosis  It is the division of chromosomes in a cell  Usually followed by cytokinesis or cell…

Q: Define the Protein structure that forms between the homologous chromosomes of prophase I of meiosis…

A: The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a protein structure that forms between homologous chromosomes (two…

Q: How many chromosomes would be found in somatic cells of an allotetraploid plant if its parent…

A: 10 Chromosomes.

Q: A cell has four pairs of chromosomes. Assuming that crossing over does not occur, what is the…

A: Meiosis is the type of nuclear division in which haploid cells are formed from the diploid cells. It…

Q: if during normal division meiosis I does not occur, will meoisis II still proceed?

A: Meiosis This process involves the division of a single cell twice to form four haploid daughter…

Q: If a diploid cell contains eight chromosomes, how many possible random arrangements of homologs…

A: Meiosis is the type of cell division in which one diploid cell divides to form 4 haploid daughter…

Q: If a diploid a 40 pair of chromosomes, what is the chromosome number by the end telophase?

A: Introduction: Cell cycle is an ordered sequence of events occurring in a cell. Cell cycle results in…

Q: An organism has a diploid number of 16 in a primary oocyte. (a) How many tetrads are present in the…

A: Meiosis causes a reduction in chromosome number by half. It involves the recombination and pairing…

Q: After telophase I of meiosis, the chromosomal makeup of each daughter cell is _____.     diploid,…

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Q: If an organism’s somatic cell has 2n=8, what will be the chromosome number of its gametes (undergo…

A: Meiosis is a reductional process. It is responsible for producing the gametes.

Q: If a diploid cell entering meiosis has 12 chromosome pairs, what is the number of possible…

A: Meiosis is a process of cell division, where cell divides twice to produce four daughter cells which…

Q: In an organism with 52 chromosomes, how many chromatids would be expected in each cell after the…

A: Cell division is the cycle by which a parent cell isolates into at least two daughter cells. Cell…

Q: How does shugoshin affect sister chromatids in meiosis I and meiosis II?

A: Shugoshin helps in cohesion of chromosomes during cell division In meosis I shugoshin  protects the…

Q: Dogs have 78 chromosomes in their diploid cells. If a diploid dog cell enters meiosis, how many…

A: chromosomes and chromatids will be present in each daughter cell at the end of meiosis I :

Q: If there are 32 sister chromatieds in a normal somatic cell, what is the haploid number for that…

A: Chromosome are the string like structure that comprises of DNA , histone proteins as well as…

Q: Assume that during meiosis I none of the C chromosomes disjoin at metaphase, but they separate into…

A: Cellular division is the process of one cell splitting into many. This process is present in all of…

Q: If an organism has a haploid number of three, how many tetrad structures will align on the…

A: If an organism has a haploid number of three, how many tetrad structures will align on the…

Q: How would Shugoshin does not break down after anaphase I of meiosis affect the outcome of mitosis or…

A: Shugoshin is a protein that guides the chromosome cohesion during the process of cell division.…

Q: What can be concluded about the severity of nondisjunction that occurs in meiosis I as opposed to…

A: Nondisjunction is the condition where the sister chromosomes fail to separate properly during cell…

Q: Draw a pair of chromosomes as they would appear during synapsis in prophase I of meiosis in an…

A: In chromosomal duplication, some of the part of chromosome has been doubled up. In duplication, the…

Q: If a parent cell has a haploid number of 8, how many sister chromatids will be present after S phase…

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Q: A cell that is 2n=40 undergoes meiosis, how many pairs of chromosom will each daughter cell have at…

A: Cell division is the process through which cells multiply in numbers. It undergoes both cytoplasmic…

Q: Is a trisomic an aneuploid or a polyploid?

A: Trisomy is a genetic condition in which an extra chromosome or part of a chromosome is added to a…

Q: For each of the following types of chromosomalaberrations, tell: (i) whether the chromosomes of…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for…

Q: The somatic cells of a given species contain 14 pairs of chromosomes. If a gamete receives one…

A: Somatic cells contain 2n number of chromosomes (diploid) and gametes contain n number of chromosomes…

Q: If this happens in Meiosis I, it results in two gametes that are n + 1 and two gametes that are n -1

A: The result of a normal mitosis or meiosis is that all the progeny cells receive a complete set of…

Q: After anaphase and telophase, mitosis is complete, but meiosis is not.  What are the differences…

A: The cell division is the process by which new daughter cells are generated from the original mother…

Q: Will meiosis II still proceed if normal division doesn't occur in meiosis I? Why?

A: Meiosis I is the stage of cell cycle in which homologous chromosomes get separated and equally…

Q: At what stage of meiosis (I or II) does crossing-over occur?

A: Crossing-over is a process that occurs during meiosis (I or II) whereby homologous chromosomes…

Q: A diploid organism has five pairs of chromosomes in each somatic cell. Assuming that no crossing…

A: When the DNA molecule is well organized and packaged into thread-like structures in the nucleus of…

Q: In a diploid cell with 5 pairs of chromosomes (2n 10), how many sister chromatids would be found in…

A: Ans – B) 20 Mitosis in Eukaryotes results in two identical daughter cells, whereas meiosis results…

Q: During which stage(s) of meiosis do you expect to find tetrads? Select one: a. Prophase I and…

A: It is a process where a single cell divides to produce four cells containing half the original…

Q: hat cytological abnormalities are expected of aneuploids at mitosis? at meiosis?

A: cervical cytologic abnormalities in teenagers, outlined as a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear result…

Q: What does each letter in the crossing over in meiosis represent? The picture below is the example of…

A: A homologous chromosome refers to a pair of chromosomes that are inherited from each parent. They…

Q: Assuming all of the chromosomes present during Meiosis II are shown in the figure above, how many…

A: From the given figure, counting homologous pair as two chromosomes, the total number of chromosomes…

Q: What would be the consequences to the outcome of meiosis if SPO11 is absent? Explain your reason.

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces four gamete cells by halving the number of…

Q: What is the importance of chromosomal crossover events during meiosis I? Explain in a detailed…

A: Meiosis is a kind of cell division that produces four haploid daughter cells, each having half the…

Q: In a Drosophila where somatic cells have 8 chromosomes, and gametes have 4 chromosomes, what is the…

A: Meiotic cell division is the process in which a single chromosomal replications cycle is followed by…

Q: Why do the daughter cells produced from meiosis I need to divide again in meiosis II?

A: Meiosis is a cell division which decrease the no. of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and…

Q: What would be the result if a chromosome did not have a kinetochore?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is the hereditary material present in the nucleus of the cell. It…

Q: How is anaphase II different from anaphase I in meiosis?

A: The type of cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced to half is termed as meiosis.…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.