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What kind of cell has half as many chromosomes as the parent cell?
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∙ 12y ago
That's a haploid cell. (Cells with the full set of chromosomes are called diploid.)
Some plants and micro-organisms go through stages in their life when their bodies are made of haploid cells, but in animals, the only haploid cells are gametes (sperm and egg cells). They're haploid so that when they fuse together at fertilisation the full diploid number of chromosomes will be restored.
Haploid cells are produced by a process called meiosis.
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∙ 9y agoA gamete is a haploid cell with half the reproductive information from the parent. Nucleus is the structure that houses the cells genetic information.
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∙ 9y agoA gamete is a haploid cell with half the reproductive information from the parent.
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What is the process called that guarantees that the number of chromosomes in gametes is half the number of chromosomes in body cells is?
Since gametes divide by a special process, meiosis, they will always have half the number of chromosomes as regular body cells. This is because the chromosomes only copy themselves once, however they are split apart twice. Think of it as a math problem. If the original cell count is, for example, 2 chromosomes, and each chromosome makes a copy of itself, the cell will have 4 chromosomes. During meiosis 1, the cell divides, and the chromosomes split, resulting in each daughter cell having 2 chromosomes, the same as the original. However, in meiosis 2, they divide again without making another copy of themselves, so that by the time meiosis is done, each one of the 4 cells that results have 1 chromosome, half the number of the original cell. 2x2=4 4/2=2 2/2=1
What is meiosis?
Division of cells in which four "daughter" cells are produced from one "parent" cell, each with half the genes of the parent. Meiosis is a special kind of cell division that produces haploid (1n) cells. yah
Each parent gives one allele for each?
an allele refers to alternative form of a gen.each parent has his or her form of a gene.during mitosis,during anaphase,as the chromosomes separate,each cell end up with one chromatid and thus one kind of allele.therefore,each parent do donate one allele.
After a cell nucleus divides in mitosis what process occurs in which the rest of the cells divide?
cytokinesis
What does mitosis make?
Mitosis produces two identical "daughter" cells.
The number of chromosomes in a sex cell of an organism is what kind of chromosome?
A sex cell is haploid, having one set of chromosomes, which is half of the number of chromosomes as in a body cell.
What kind of cell has half the number of chromosomes as body cells?
Sex cells
What are two basic ways that organisms reproduce?
Mitosis and Meiosis.Mitosis - Cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus; occurs in somatic (body) cells.Meiosis - Cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell; occurs in productions of gametes (sex cells).
What is the process called that guarantees that the number of chromosomes in gametes is half the number of chromosomes in body cells is?
Since gametes divide by a special process, meiosis, they will always have half the number of chromosomes as regular body cells. This is because the chromosomes only copy themselves once, however they are split apart twice. Think of it as a math problem. If the original cell count is, for example, 2 chromosomes, and each chromosome makes a copy of itself, the cell will have 4 chromosomes. During meiosis 1, the cell divides, and the chromosomes split, resulting in each daughter cell having 2 chromosomes, the same as the original. However, in meiosis 2, they divide again without making another copy of themselves, so that by the time meiosis is done, each one of the 4 cells that results have 1 chromosome, half the number of the original cell. 2x2=4 4/2=2 2/2=1
What is a cell that has 2 of each kind of its chromosomes called?
A cell with 2 sets of chromosomes is known as a diploid cell.
What kind of cell involves chromosomes?
Chromosomes are found in the nucleus of a cell.
What cell that has two kind of chromosomes are?
Diploit
What is mitosis How many new cells are formed and how many chromosomes are in each newly formed cell?
Mitosis is a kind of cell division, where a parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells. Two cells are created during mitosis, but the original cell no longer exists so the total number will go up by one (or, if you're looking at multiple cells, the total number will double). The new cells have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell before it divided.
A cell that has two of every kind of chromosomes is?
diploid
What is meiosis?
Division of cells in which four "daughter" cells are produced from one "parent" cell, each with half the genes of the parent. Meiosis is a special kind of cell division that produces haploid (1n) cells. yah
Gametes have what kind of Chromosomes?
Gametes have haploid chromosomes, which means they have half the number of chromosomes of other cells in the body.
A cell has how many chromosomes?
That depends on the specific kind of organism the cell comes from.
