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Given that the average duplication time of $E$. coli is 20 minutes, how much time will two E. coli cells take to become 32 cells?
Explanation

1 hour 20 minutes

These are the 4 subsequent cell divisions to produce 16 cells and each division takes $=20 \mathrm{~min}$ Total time $=20 \times 4=80$ minutes or 1 hr 20 minutes

So, 1 cell produces 16 cells in 1 hour 20 minutes and 2 cells produces 32 cells in 1 hour 20 minutes.

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Which part of the human body should one use to demonstrate stages in mitosis?
Explanation
All the cells in the human body are somatic cells except germinal cells in the male and female reproductive organs. The somatic cells divide by mitotic cell division for growth and regeneration. These can be used to demonstrate mitosis.
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What attributes does a chromatid require to be classified as a chromosome?
Explanation

Chromatid is one copy of a duplicated chromosome, which is joined to the other copy centromere. The duplication of chromosome material takes place at synthetic phase of cell cycle.

During mitosis, late metaphase and early anaphase, there is longitudinal splitting of chromosomes and thus two chromosome get separated, to get divided into the daughter cells.

18

The diagram shows a bivalent at prophase-I of meiosis. Which of the four chromatids can cross over?

Explanation

The homologous chromosomes lie parallel to each other in leptotene stage. Each chromosome has four chromatids and are bivalent. The non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes cross over in pachytene stage of prophase- I.

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If a tissue has at a given time 1024 cells, how many cycles of mitosis had the original parental single cell undergone?
Explanation
The parental cell undergoes 10 divisions of mitotic cycle to give 1024 cells.