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

Answers

GPT-4o mini
Mitosis is the process by which a cell divides to produce two genetically identical daughter cells. During mitosis, the chromosome number remains the same as that of the parent cell.

Since parent bone cells have 46 chromosomes, the new bone cells produced through mitosis will also have 46 chromosomes.

Therefore, the answer is:

C. 46