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Salmonberry leaf cells contain 14 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will a new leaf cell contain after mitosis ?

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the new leaf will contain 14 chromosomes as that of the parent cell
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The new leaf will contain 14 chromosomes, because during mitosis, a cell makes an exact copy of itself. Therefore, the number of the chromosomes in that cell stay the same.
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