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A yeast cell has 32 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be found in it's daughter cells after meiosis?

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16

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis can be described as a process of cell division in which the number of chromosomes gets half of the parent cell so that the daughter cell receives a recombination of both paternal and maternal genome. Crossing over and independent assortment of chromosomes are the two phenomenon in meiosis due to which variations occur.

Hence, if a yeast cell has 32 chromosomes, then after meiosis the number of chromosomes would reduce to half i.e 32/2 which is 16.

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