A cow has 60 chromosomes in each of its body cells. how does mitosis function to maintain this number of chromosomes

When this cow forms gametes, the daughter cells have 30 chromosomes, But as this fuses with the other parent gametes to form a zygote, the chromosomes number again is 60.

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samueladesida43 samueladesida43 · Answer 2 · 2021-12-10T14:22:23+01:00

During mitosis, the cow replicates its genetic material prior to division, hence, maintaining the chromosome number in each cell.

MITOSIS:

Mitosis is a type of cell division that involves the production of two daughter cells that are genetically identical to one another.

Mitosis maintains the chromosome number of the parent cell in each daughter cell i.e. the chromosome number of the daughter cells does not change.

Mitosis does this by initially replicating the chromosome of the parent cell before dividing at the anaphase stage, hence, the same number is present in each daughter cell.

According to this question, a cow has 60 chromosomes in each of its body cells. This number is replicated to 120 before dividing into each daughter cell. i.e. 120/2 = 60 chromosomes.

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