The sperm cell contains 23 chromosomes.
How many chromosomes does each new cell contain after mitosis if the original cell had 52 original cell chromosomes?
Male reproductive cells (sperm) contain 23 chromosomes, while female reproductive cells (eggs) also contain 23 chromosomes. When these two cells combine during fertilization, the resulting zygote will have a total of 46 chromosomes - 23 from each parent.
How many chromosomes does each new cell contain after mitosis if the original cell had 52 original cell chromosomes?
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A tetraploid potato cell would contain four sets of chromosomes, so a gametic cell would contain half that amount, which is two sets (diploid). This means a tetraploid potato gametic cell would contain 48 chromosomes.
After cell division, each daughter cell will contain the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Therefore, if the parent cell has 50 chromosomes, each daughter cell will also have 50 chromosomes. This is true for both mitosis and meiosis (in the case of the haploid cells produced, they would have 25 chromosomes).
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