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After the process of mitosis, if the resulting cells have 48 chromosomes, how many did the parent cell have?

a. 48
b. 23
c. 92
d. 50

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Answer:

B. 23

Step-by-step explanation:

A cell that starts out with a diploid number of 46 chromosomes and ends up with a haploid number of 23 chromosomes. What process did this cell go through? answer choices ... Mitosis occurs in both body cells and sex cells while meiosis is only in sex cells. ... Daughter cells are produced with only half the chromosomes of the parent cell.