Question

Imagine that a species has eight chromosomes (four homologous pairs). if some event occurred that prevented meiosis from occurring after replication, how many chromosomes would this species have after two generations?

Answer 1

The chromosomes that this species will have after two generation if some event occurred that prevented meiosis from occurring after replication is a total of 16 chromosomes because we got 8 chromosomes and four of it is homologous pairs. The answer is 16 chromosomes the species will have after two generations.