Question

Spinach is a leafy green plant that people eat. Spinach cells have twelve chromosomes in the nuclei of their cells. In a living spinach plant, damaged and dead spinach cells are replaced by new cells through mitosis. How many chromosomes do the new spinach cells have?

a
6
b
3
c
12
d
24

Answer 1

In spinach, each cell has 12 chromosomes. When new cells are created through mitosis, they are copies of the original cells, meaning they will have the same number of chromosomes. Therefore, the new spinach cells will also have 12 chromosomes.

The correct answer is **c) 12**.