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A cell with 32 chromosomes undergoes meiosis. What will be the number of chromosmes in each daughter cell after meiosis-I?

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32
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16
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64
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Solution

The correct option is B 16
Meiosis is a type of cell division in which a parent cell divides to form four daughter cells. Meiosis includes two sequential cycles of divison - meiosis-I and meiosis-II.

After meiosis-I, parent cell produces two daughter cells in which the chromosome number is reduced to half. This is due to the separation of homlogous chromosomes.

Later after meiosis-I, each daughter cell undergoes meiosis-II and forms two daughter cells. Thus, after one complete division of meiosis, four daughter cells are produced from a single parent cell.

As the parent cell has 32 chromosomes, the daughter cells formed after meiosis-I will have 16 chromosomes.

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