Mitosis and Early Development Practice Questions
Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences in the space below and/or on the back. Assume that this work is being collected and graded.
1.What is the point of fertilization? Use details and be thorough.
2. How are mitosis and sexual reproduction related? (HINT: Think about what happens to the offspring of sexual reproduction early in development.)
3. Summarize what happens during mitosis. Include details about chromosomes, the number of chromosomes in offspring cells, the number of cells produced, etc.
4. Does mitosis make unique offspring cells? Why or why not?
5. You are a mosquito and your body cells have 3 pairs of chromosomes, giving each a total of 6 chromosomes. You use mitosis to repair damaged tissue.
a. How many cells are made after one cell goes through mitosis once?
b. How many chromosomes are found in each daughter cell?
c. Why is it important that mitosis produces cells with such a number of chromosomes?
d. Draw a picture of how the cell and its chromosomes would be arranged during anaphase.
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