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The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes (2n) in each cell. During interphase of Mitosis if the number of chromosomes at G1 phase is 8, what would be the number of chromosomes after S phase ?

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a

8

b

16

c

32

d

4

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

During mitotic cell cycle if the chromosome number in G1 phase is 8, it remains same till Metaphase. Hence, even after S phase same chromosome number 8 is maintained in the cell of fruit fly.

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The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes (2n) in each cell. During interphase of Mitosis if the number of chromosomes at G1 phase is 8, what would be the number of chromosomes after S phase ?