Question

A student is studying a process in which a diploid cell becomes haploid. Which of these shows the CORRECT mathematical model for the process if Nnew is the number of chromosomes in the haploid cell and Nold is the number of chromosomes in the diploid cell?

Answer 1

I don't see any models, but when a cell turns from Diploid to Haploid, its number of chromosomes is halved or divided by 2.
So if Nnew is: 23 or n = 23 , then Nold will be: 46 or 2n = 46

Answer 2

N new = Nold /2.

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis may be defined as the process of cell division in which a single parent cells divides into the four daughter cells. The meiosis occurs generally in the gametic cells.

Here, the diploid cells becoming the haploid cells, it means the chromosome number is reduced to half in the new cell. This can be represented mathematically as N new = Nold /2..

Thus, the answer is N new = Nold /2.