Question

34. A parent cell with 24 chromosomes enters meiosis. Which type of cell is

produced when meiosis is completed?
А) a cell with 24 chromosomes, genetically identical to the parent cell
(В) a cell with 24 chromosomes, but not genetically identical to the parent cell
a cell with 12 chromosomes, and one chromosome is donated from each
homologous pair of the parent cell
0 a cell with 12 chromosomes, and 6 homologous pairs of chromosomes are donated
from each parent cell

Answer 1

A cell with 12 chromosomes, and one chromosome is donated from each homologous pair of the parent cell. Option C is correct.

What is meiosis ?

During a kind of cell division known as meiosis, four haploid cells with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell are produced. As a result, every haploid cell will contain 12 chromosomes total one from each homologous pair in the parent cell.

So, A cell with 12 chromosomes, and one chromosome is donated from each homologous pair of the parent cell.

Therefore, Option C is correct.

Answer 2

a cell with 12 chromosomes, and one chromosome is donated from each

homologous pair of the parent cell

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis is one of the two types of cell division that involves sexual reproduction. Meiosis is the division that involves the production of four daughter cells (gametes) with each having its chromosomal number reduced by half. Meiosis is called "reduction division" because it reduces the chromosome number of the parent cell.

In this question, a parent cell with 24 chromosomes is said to enter meiosis. This means that after the meiotic division, daughter cells with 12 chromosomes will be produced in such a way that one of each homologous pair of chromosome (chromosomes from male and female parent) is donated to each gamete.