Question

2. Mature nerve cells no longer divide, so they do not replicate their DNA. A cell biologist found that

there was X amount of DNA in a human nerve cell. She then measured the amount of DNA in four
other types of human cells. The results are recorded in the table below. Complete the chart by
filling in the type of cell from these choices: a sperm cell, a bone marrow cell just beginning
interphase of the cell cycle, a skin cell in the S phase of the cell cycle, or an intestinal cell beginning
mitosis and why.
Cell A 2.0x
Cell B 1.6x
Cell C 0.5X
Cell D X

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Some cells in the adult animals do not appear to exhibit division (e.g., heart cells, and many other cells divide only occasionally e.g., when there is need to replace cells that have been lost due to injury or cell death. These cells that do not divide further and exit G 1 -phase to enter an inactive stage called quiescent stage (G 0