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11 years ago
If any organism has a diploid number of 16, how many chromatids are visible at the end of mitotic prophase?  How many chromosomes are moving to each pole during anaphase of mitosis?  I am thinking the last one is 16 because that is before telophase.  But I am confused about the chromatid part.
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11 years ago
At prophase the cell has doubled its DNA.
So if it has 16 at mesophase, it gets 32 at prophase.
During anaphase, half of the 32 go to the one pole and half to the other-16 to each.
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in a diploid 16 cellule there are 32 chromatides and 16 centromeres at the end of prophase.and at the end of anaphase there are 16 -1 chromatide- chromosomes in each pole of the cellule.
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11 years ago
There are 32 chromatids and the end of the prophase.  There are two crhomatids in each chromosome, and 16x2=32.  You are right, 16 chromosomes are going to each pole.
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