Question

The fruit fly drosophila melanogaster has 4 pairs of chromosomes. how many total chromosomes do you expect to find in a fruit fly cell during g1 phase?

Answer 1

A fruit fly cell in G1 of the cell cycle contains 8 chromosomes.

Step-by-step explanation:

G1 phase is the period in the cell cycle from the end of cell division to the beginning of DNA replication. The g₁ phase, or Gap 1 phase, is the first of four phases of the cell cycle that takes place in eukaryotic cell division.

The following occur in G1 phase:

• everyday functions of cells.
• cell metabolically active.
• duplicates organelles and cytosolic components.
• starts replicating centrosomes.