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If an organism has a diploid number of 8, how many chromatids are visible at the end of mitotic prophase

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At the end of the mitotic prophase you will get 16 chromatids.
Each chromosome has 2 chromatids and, at this stage, we still don't have a division to form new cells, that's why it's 2x8 chromosomes.
In this case 2n = 8 chromosomes.(equals 4 pairs)
A haploid gamete would have four chromosomes.






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