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When meiosis begins at Gap 1 phase (G1) the cell of a human has 46 chromosomes or 2n.

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Q: How many chromosomes are in a human cell before and after meiosis?
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If a cell of an organism has 46 chromosomes before meiosis how many chromosomes will exist in each nucleus after meiosis?

23


How many chromosomes does meiosis produce as the original?

In humans meiosis produces 23 chromosomes. The human body cell has 46 chromosomes When meiosis occurs 1/2 of the body cells go into the haploid cell produced


What are the functions of Meiosis performed in the human body?

Meiosis plays the part of halving the number of chromosomes in each cell before combining with another set of chromosomes to form a new cell. The process helps in growth.


If a human liver cell divides by meiosis how many chromosomes do the new cell have?

23


What is the number of chromosomes in a meiosis parent cell?

In humans, 46. 23 are passed from each parent to their child.


What must happen before meiosis or mitosis can take place?

Before Meiosis 2, the cell must first go through Meiosis 1. This is when the cell splits into two cells, each with two chromosomes.


What is the number of chromosomes in daughter cells in humans during meiosis?

Meiosis produces daughter cells with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell. This means that because a normal human cell has 46 chromosomes, a gamete (produced through meiosis) will only contain 23 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes will be found in each daughter cell after mitosis?

46 chromosomes will be found in a human daughter cell after mitosis, 23 chromosomes will be found after meiosis.


How do the results of mitosis and meiosis differ?

the amount of chromosomes in a cell. meiosis is used in sexual reproduction and mitosis is just making more cells. chromosomes in a human after meiosis=24; mitosis=48.


The pairing of homologous chromosomes before nuclear division happens in what type of cell division?

only in meosis


What must happen before meiosis begins?

A duplication of the chromosomes is what must happen before meiosis can begin.


What must happen before meiosis happen?

Before Meiosis 2, the cell must first go through Meiosis 1. This is when the cell splits into two cells, each with two chromosomes.