MCAT Biology

Category - Biology

When gametes are produced from a parent cell during normal meiosis, which of the following describes the number of chromosomes in each resulting cell?
  1. Each resulting cell has the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
  2. Each resulting cell has twice the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
  3. Each resulting cell has one-half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
  4. Each resulting cell has one-fourth the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Explanation
Answer: C - Each resulting cell has one-half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
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