Multiple Choice
In a typical meiosis, one diploid cell produces four haploid cells. If three diploid cells undergo meiosis and complete both meiotic divisions, how many haploid cells are produced in total?
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9. Mitosis and Meiosis
Meiosis
Multiple Choice
In a typical diploid organism, how many parent cells does meiosis start with to produce gametes?
A
One diploid (2n) parent cell
B
Four haploid (n) parent cells
C
One haploid (n) parent cell
D
Two diploid (2n) parent cells
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Understand that meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half to produce gametes (sex cells).
Recall that gametes are haploid (n), meaning they contain one set of chromosomes, while the parent organism is diploid (2n), containing two sets of chromosomes.
Recognize that meiosis starts with a single diploid (2n) parent cell, which undergoes two rounds of division to produce four haploid (n) gametes.
Note that the process does not start with multiple parent cells; it begins with one diploid cell that will divide.
Therefore, the number of parent cells meiosis starts with is one diploid (2n) parent cell.
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