Fill out the following table for a cell with 5 chromosomes undergoing mitosis. Is this cell haploid or diploid? How do you know?
Fill out the following table for a cell with 5 chromosomes undergoing mitosis. Is this cell haploid or diploid? How do you know?
Answer
If a cell has 5 chromosomes and is undergoing mitosis, it is diploid. This is because mitosis maintains the chromosome number, so a diploid cell (2n) will produce two diploid daughter cells, each with 5 chromosomes.