Chimpanzees have 48 chromosomes in their somatic cells. Determine the chromosome set and the number of DNA molecules
November 14, 2020 | Education
| Chimpanzees have 48 chromosomes in their somatic cells. Determine the chromosome set and the number of DNA molecules in cells before the onset of meiosis, in the anaphase of meiosis I and in the prophase of meiosis II. Explain the answer in each case.
Before the onset of meiosis, the set of chromosomes and DNA is equal to 2n4c; at the end of the interphase, DNA was doubled, chromosomes became two-chromatid; 48 chromosomes and 96 DNA molecules. In anaphase of meiosis I, the number of chromosomes and DNA in the cell does not change and is equal to 2n4c. Haploid cells with a set of dichromatid chromosomes with a set of n2c enter the prophase of meiosis II; 24 chromosomes and 48 DNA molecules.
