Question

Carol is studying mitosis in her biology class. During a biology lab, she is given information about an unknown organism. What might be the best way to test to see that the organism has undergone mitosis?
Responses
A Carol notices that segregation of homologous chromosomes occurredCarol notices that segregation of homologous chromosomes occurred
B Carol notices that the daughter cells are half the size of the parent cellCarol notices that the daughter cells are half the size of the parent cell
C Carol identifies the number of chromosomes before and after cell division to be 78.Carol identifies the number of chromosomes before and after cell division to be 78.
D Carol identifies 78 chromosomes before cell division and 39 chromosomes after cell division.

Answer 1

C. In mitosis the daughter cells retain the same chromosome number as the parent, so finding 78 chromosomes before and 78 after indicates mitosis.