Question

Mice have 23 chromosomes found in each of their body cells.

a.

Calculate how many chromosomes the resulting cell will have at the end of mitosis. Identify

whether the chromosome number is haploid or diploid and explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

There will be 46 chromosomes that the resulting cell will have at the end of mitosis. The chromosome number is diploid because the cell contains two copies of each chromosome.

Step-by-step explanation:

In mitosis, the cell divides and pulls apart and each new cell gets one identical copy of every chromosome.

• Diploid cell: a cell that contains two complete sets of chromosomes
• Haploid cell: a cell that contains only half the number of chromosomes and has only one complete set of chromosomes