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Mrs. Wade is a part-time knife juggler. A juggling mishap leads to a laceration on her shoulder. Mitosis is needed for repair of

the damaged tissues. If her cells have 48 chromosomes (we all know she is a mutant), how many chromosomes do we expect
in the new daughter cells?
12
24
48
96

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During mitosis, the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells remains the same as the number in the original cell. Since Mrs. Wade's cells have 48 chromosomes, the daughter cells produced through mitosis will also have 48 chromosomes.

Therefore, the expected number of chromosomes in the new daughter cells is 48.