Question

As your bones grow and repair, new bone cells are produced through mitosis. Parent bone cells in your body contain 46 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will the new bone cells that are produced through mitosis have?

A.
12

B.
23

C.
46

D.
58

Answer 1

The new bone cells produced through mitosis will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent bone cells. Since the parent bone cells contain 46 chromosomes, the new bone cells will also contain 46 chromosomes.

The correct answer is:

C. 46