3. A cell with 80 chromosomes undergoes mitosis. How many chromosomes are found in the daughter cells? How many daughter cells are produced? Are the daughter cells identical to one another or different from one another?
In mitosis, one cell divides once to give two identical daughter cells. In humans, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes (a total of 46). The daughter cells produced by mitotic division of each human cell have same no. of chromosomes (i.e., 23 pairs or 46).
For the given case,
A total of 80 chromosomes will be there in each daughter cell.
A total of 2 daughter cells will be produced from a single parent cell.
The daughter cells are identical (have the same genetic material) to each other and also to the parent from which they are produced.
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