Question

42 points --> briefly explain why each statement is inaccurate or misleading.

1) the first stage of mitosis is the duplication of the chromosomes.

2) every cell of a sexually reproducing organism has the same number of chromosomes

3)Cells spend most of their time in the mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle.

Answer 1

1) The first stage of mitosis is actually just the condensing of the chromosomes.
2)They start out as double, then gradually get to the same number.
3)Cell actually spend the most time in the G phase of the cell cycle.