Inquiry into Life
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781259426162
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 7A
If a parent cell has a diploid number of 18 chromosomes before mitosis, how may chromosomes will the daughter cells have?
a. 9
b 36
c. 18
d. 64
e. 27
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