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Question 19

The life cycle of certain ferns involves an alternation of generations between a haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte.

  • A haploid gametophyte produces haploid gametes (sperm and egg cells) by mitosis.
  • Fusion of a sperm and an egg cell forms a diploid zygote.
  • The zygote subsequently grows into a diploid sporophyte via mitosis.

In a particular species of fern, the haploid gametophyte contains 30 chromosomes in each cell.

Given that a single double-stranded DNA molecule consists of two complementary polynucleotide strands, calculate the total number of individual strands of DNA present in the nucleus of a zygote cell immediately before mitosis begins (after DNA replication has occurred).

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