The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes ( 2 n ) in each cell. During the interphase of mitosis if the number of…

The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes (2n) in each cell. During the interphase of mitosis if the number of chromosomes at G1 phase is 8. What would be the number of chromosomes after the S phase?
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 4
  4. 32

Solution

The number of chromosomes remains the same after S-phase, but the amount of DNA becomes double.

S phase is the phase of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between the G1 phase and G2 phase. Since accurate duplication of the genome is critical to successful cell division, the processes that occur during S-phase are tightly regulated and widely conserved.

Asked in: NEET 2021

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