normal somatic cells of an organism have 100 chromosomes. how many chromosomes will be present in the first polar body of that organism during gamete formation

Q: At the metaphase plate during metaphase I of meiosis, there are Select one: A. Chromosomes…

A: Meiosis is a reduction division .it is occured in germ cells of our body.  During metaphase 1 of…

Q: How many chromosomes are found in a single cell during Metaphase II of Meiosis II

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division in which the parent cell divides twice into four daughter cells…

Q: A certain species has three pairs of chromosomes: one acrocentric pair and two metacentric pairs.…

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structure, which are composed of nucleic acids and protein. The human…

Q: The leaf cells of a corn plant contain 20 chromosomes each. How many chromosomes are found in a…

A: Chromosomes are long thread-like structures that carry coded genetic information in the form of DNA.…

Q: Compare and contrast Somatic and Sex cells (gametes)

A: Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. There are two types of cell - somatic cells are…

Q: What phase of mitotic interphase is missing from meiotic interkinesis

A: The process in which duplication of the cell occurs and the resultant cell will be genetically the…

Q: A diploid body (somatic) cell from a fruit fly contains eight chromosomes. This means that…

A: The number of chromosomes in somatic cell of a fruit fly i.e. diploid number (2n) of chromosomes is…

Q: Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, has 4 chromosomes in each of its gametes. How many…

A: Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.

Q: What percentage of the DNA is passed to the offspring in asexual reproduction

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule which is composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around…

Q: A human cell containing 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome is A) a sperm. B) an egg. C) a zygote.…

A: According to guidelines we have to answer the first question only. please kindly consider posting…

Q: What phase of mitotic interphase is missing from meiotic interkinesis? a. G0 phase b. G1 phase c. S…

A: The cell cycle is a process to grow and replicate its contents and finally divide into 2 identical…

Q: In humans, every male gamete contains: A One X and one Y chromosome One X chromosome C Two X…

A: Gametes are the reproductive cells of the organism. They are also called sex cells. Male gametes are…

Q: A human cell containing 22 autosomes anda Y chromosome is(A) a sperm.(B) an egg.(C) a zygote.(D) a…

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each…

Q: Gametes of an alien fruit fly (found by Dr. through meiosis just like Earth-dwelling fruit flies.…

A: Chromosomes are the thread-like structures that are present inside the nucleus of the cell. It is…

Q: Briefly explain why sister chromatids remain together in anaphase I but separate in anaphase II of…

A: Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. When a parent cell divides into two or more…

Q: During Prophase I, the homologous chromosomes formed a synaptonemal complex. diplotene O pachytene o…

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division that occur in our reproductive cells.  The main purpose of…

Q: This combination of sex chromosomes typically produces human males: Xy XX

A: Humans have two sex chromosomes. Sex chromosomes are those which is different from an ordinary…

Q: The sperm of Panthera leo contains 19 chromosomes, which of the following is/are true about somatic…

A: The sperms are gametes produced by male individuals. They are haploid cells (n) that contain a…

Q: If an intestinal cell in a dog contains 78 chromosomes, a dog sperm cell would contain __________…

A: The karyotype is the number of chromosomes or the type of chromosomes present in the nucleus of a…

Q: In the koala, a newly created somatic cell (such as a skin cell) contains 16 total chromosomes. When…

A: The skin cells or somatic cells of koala are diploid and contain 16 chromosomes i.e., 2n=16. The…

Q: Dogs have 78 chromosomes in their somatic cells. How many chromosomes are in their gametes?

A: Somatic cells are the body cells that are not the reproductive ones that is sperm and egg cells.…

Q: Why must a gamete have only one-half the number of chromosomes found in body cells?

A: Meiosis is a reductional division. It consists of two stages: Meiosis 1 : It is an reductional…

Q: After telophase I of meiosis. the chromosomal makeup of each daughter cell is:

A: Meiosis is the type of cell division where a diploid parent cell divides to give rise to four…

Q: Mitosis Meiosis Definition of the process Chromosome number of the parent cell Number of division…

A: Let us assume that a cell has 2n number of chromosomes(diploid organism).

Q: The chromosomes that do not differ between males and females are called autosomes. False True

A: Step 1 Chromosomes are DNA-protein hereditary structures. Chromosomes are formed by condensation of…

Q: A certain species has three pairs of chromosomes: one acrocentric pair and two metacentric pairs.…

A: Chromosomes are the condensed form of genetic material (DNA). One pair of chromosomes is composed of…

Q: During this phase of meiosis, the nuclear membrane reappears and there is a brief resting period…

A: Meiosis is a reductional division which reduces the chromosome number to half in daughter cell from…

Q: A species is diploid containing three chromosome pairs.  Draw what the chromosomes would look like…

A: Cell division is a procedure in which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells. The cell cycles…

Q: Normal somatic cells of horses have 64 chromosomes (2 n = 64). How many chromosomes and DNA…

A: The mechanism of producing sperms is termed as spermatogenesis.

Q: Humans are 2n=46 in terms of their chromosomes per somatic and germ cell. Knowing the chromosome…

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

Q: A chicken has 78 chromosomes in its somatic cells. How many chromosomes did the chicken inherit from…

A: Chromosomes are present in the cells as sets and the number of sets of these chromosomes contribute…

Q: Nondisjunction produces daughter cells with an imbalance of chromosomes. A cell biologist examines…

A: When homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids fail to differentiate during meiosis, the result is…

Q: An adult mosquito has six chromosomes in each somatic cell. It mates with another adult to…

A: The minimized construction liable for pressing hereditary material by folding it over a protein…

Q: A species has a diploid chromosome number of 6. If a cell from an individual of this species…

A: Meiosis is the cell division which consists of two two stages. First stage is the reduction division…

Q: There are 56 chromosomes in a mature elephant cell. If one of the elephants cells responsible for…

A: Meiosis is a process of cell division in which a single cell divides into four daughter cells such…

Q: If a baby is born with 3 copies of chromosome 18. This genetic abnormality is due to: O a defect in…

A: The presence of three copies of chromosome 18 in humans is called trisomy 18 or Edward's syndrome.…

Q: The horse has a diploid set of 64 chromosomes, and a donkey has a diploid set of 62 chromosomes.…

A: Mule is a sterile hybrid which is the product of a male donkey and a female horse.

Q: How many chromosomes a female human cell will have after mitotic division.

A: Mitosis: - in this type of cell division the ploidy of parent and the daughter cells remain the…

Q: If nondisjunction takes place in a spermatocyte in the second meiotic division and the sperm…

A: Answer:- Option B is the correct choice. The nondisjunction is a process where the sister chromatids…

Q: The normal chromosome number of human sperm is 23. If a person is born with a trisomic condition,…

A: Trisomic condition is a type of aneuploidy. Aneuploidy involves the change in chromosome number by…

Q: A certain species has three pairs of chromosomes: one acrocentric pair and two metacentric pairs.…

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structure, which are composed of nucleic acids and protein. The human…

Q: True or false  after the first meiotic division the cells are haploid because they have only one…

A: Answer  Meiosis - It is a nuclear division that occurs in the germ cells of sexually reproducing…

Q: AC elegans cell has 6 pairs of chromosomes in G1. What is the total number of chromatids present in…

A: A diploid organism 2n will have 6 chromsome at G1. After S phase, each of 6 chromosome will…

Q: In fruit flies, sex is determined by the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes. What would be the…

A: Drosophila has XY chromosomes as sex chromosomes in males and XX in females.

Q: A particular organism has 46 chromosomes in its karyotype. It produces gametes with 23 chromosomes

A: Karyotype is the technique, which is used to study the individual chromosomal structure. So if an…

Q: Describe the cellular differences between male and female gametes

A: Reproductive cells present in an organism are termed as gametes. Gametes are haploid cells that fuse…

Q: A certain species has three pairs of chromosomes: one acrocentric pair and two metacentric pairs.…

A: Chromosomes are carrier of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA is the genetic material. Each species…

Q: An elephant sperm cell contains 28 chromosomes how many chromosomes would be in an elephants liver

A: Introduction: Cell division is a significant process taking place in all living organisms. During…

Q: If a muscle cell of a typical organism has 32 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in a gamete…

A: A zygote is formed when gametes of two opposite sex fuses. It is a feature of sexually reproducing…

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