A germ cell of an organism has 60 chromosomes in it. It undergoes meiosis, and at the end it produces four daughter cells. What is the number of chromosomes in each of these daughter cells?

120

60

30

Question

A germ cell of an organism has 60 chromosomes in it. It undergoes meiosis, and at the end it produces four daughter cells. What is the number of chromosomes in each of these daughter cells?



120



60



30

anonymous · Answer

my teacher isnt really helpful. she just looks at me like im an idoit.

petiteme · Answer

Do you know how to get it? ^_^ I'd say 30 :)

anonymous · Answer

well, based on your answer, i would say that you divide by two

anonymous · Answer

thank ya

petiteme · Answer

After meiosis, daughter cells have half as many chromosomes as the parent cell, so they had 30 chromosomes.