{"id":182786,"date":"2025-01-15T02:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=182786"},"modified":"2025-01-15T02:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:23:20","slug":"q6-2-how-many-sister-chromatids-does-the-cell-depicted-below-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/q6-2-how-many-sister-chromatids-does-the-cell-depicted-below-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Q6.2. How many sister chromatids does the cell depicted below have"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q6.2. How many sister chromatids does the cell depicted below have? Submit chromatids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-208-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182787\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To accurately answer your question about how many sister chromatids the cell depicted has, I\u2019d need to know the stage of the cell cycle or a description of the depicted cell. Without that, I\u2019ll provide a general explanation based on common scenarios in cell division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation of Sister Chromatids:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister chromatids are identical copies of a chromosome, connected at a central region called the centromere. They are formed during the <strong>S phase<\/strong> of interphase when DNA replication occurs. The number of chromatids varies depending on the cell cycle stage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>G1 Phase:<\/strong> No DNA replication has occurred yet, so each chromosome exists as a single chromatid. For a human cell with 46 chromosomes, there are 46 chromatids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S Phase:<\/strong> DNA replication doubles the genetic material, resulting in 92 chromatids (46 chromosomes, each with 2 sister chromatids).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>G2 Phase:<\/strong> The cell contains 92 chromatids because the DNA remains replicated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mitosis:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prophase and Metaphase:<\/strong> The chromatids remain connected, totaling 92 chromatids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anaphase:<\/strong> Sister chromatids separate, and each is now considered an individual chromosome. There are 92 individual chromosomes, no longer chromatids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Telophase:<\/strong> Chromosomes begin to decondense, and eventually, each daughter cell ends up with 46 chromosomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the depicted cell is in <strong>G2, prophase, or metaphase<\/strong>, it has <strong>92 sister chromatids<\/strong> (for a diploid human cell). If it\u2019s in <strong>G1<\/strong>, it has <strong>46 chromatids<\/strong>. If it\u2019s in <strong>anaphase or telophase<\/strong>, chromatids are no longer paired, and the number depends on the stage&#8217;s interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm the stage of the cell to provide a precise count. Let me know if more details are needed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q6.2. How many sister chromatids does the cell depicted below have? Submit chromatids The correct answer and explanation is: To accurately answer your question about how many sister chromatids the cell depicted has, I\u2019d need to know the stage of the cell cycle or a description of the depicted cell. Without that, I\u2019ll provide a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}