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ICSE Class 10 Biology Question 7 of 18

Structure of Chromosomes, Cell Cycle and Cell Division — Question 11

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Question 11

After a mitotic cell division, a human female cell will have :

  1. 22 + X chromosomes
  2. 44 + XY chromosomes
  3. 44 + XX chromosomes
  4. 22 + XX chromosomes
Answer

44 + XX chromosomes

Reason — After mitotic cell division, the resulting daughter cells will have the same number and type of chromosomes as the parent cell. A human female cell has 46 chromosomes. Out of these 46, two are sex chromosomes (XX).