It can cause defects to the fetus
46 (2n : 46), is the number r of chromosomes in tr daughter cells if the chromosomes in the original parent cell did not duplicate
Daughter cells produced by mitosis and cytokinesis have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell. Daughter cells resulting from meiosis and cytokinesis have half the number of chromosomes as the original cell.
Sex cells have half the number of chromosomes as the original cell, and are said to be haploid. In human sex cells there are 23 chromosomes.
Because then, when the sex cells combine in reproduction, the egg's chromosomes and the sperm's chromosomes will combine to form the original amount of chromosomes in a diploid cell, so it can replicate with a new set of DNA.
In mitosis, chromosomes are duplicated and then segregated into two identical daughter cells, resulting in cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. In meiosis, chromosomes are duplicated but then segregated twice, resulting in four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
No, meiosis reduces the number of chromosomes in the new cell to half of what was in the original cell. This is important for sexual reproduction to ensure the correct number of chromosomes in the offspring.
The DO NOT "have exactly the number of chromosomes as the body cells", they have 1/2 that number. This is so that when two sex cells come together to form an embryo, the cells of that embryo have exactly the same number of chromosomes as the body cells of the two parents and not twice that number.
During mitosis, the number of chromosomes remains the same. The cell duplicates its chromosomes and then separates them evenly into two daughter cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the original cell.
It is called meiosis. During meiosis, cells undergo two rounds of division resulting in cells with half the number of chromosomes as the original cell. This process is important for sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms.
Half the number of its original cell
In meiosis, a single diploid cell undergoes two rounds of division, resulting in four haploid cells. Each of these new cells contains half the number of chromosomes of the original cell. For example, if the original cell has 46 chromosomes (as in humans), each of the four new cells will have 23 chromosomes.
If the cell division follows mitosis, the number of chromosomes in original cell and new cells remain the same. During meiosis the new cells formed have half the number of chromosomes of original cell.