Becker's World of the Cell 9th Edition by Lewis Kleinsmith, Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni

Exercise 5

How Much DNA Let X be the amount of DNA present in the gamete of an organism that has a diploid chromosome number of 4. Assuming all chromosomes to be of approximately the same size, how much DNA ( X , 2 X, 1/2 X , and so on)would you expect in each of the following
(a)A zygote immediately after fertilization
(b)A single sister chromatid
(c)A daughter cell following mitosis
(d)A single chromosome following mitosis
(e)A nucleus in mitotic prophase
(f)The cell during metaphase II of meiosis
(g)One bivalent