Suppose Red-Striped Laughing Frogs Are Diploid and Have 32 Chromosomes

question 47

Short Answer

Suppose red-striped laughing frogs are diploid and have 32 chromosomes in somatic cells.Answer the following questions as they pertain to these vanishingly rare but beautiful creatures.
a)How many pairs of homologous chromosomes does a red-striped laughing frog have in its somatic cells?
b)How many chromosomes are there in a haploid set?
c)How many chromosomes are there in a mature sperm cell?
d)How many chromosomes are there in a somatic cell just after mitosis?
e)How many double-stranded DNA molecules are there in a somatic cell as mitosis is about to start?
f)How many chromosomes are there in a cell prior to DNA replication?

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