A cell with a diploid number of 24 fails to undergo cytokinesis while performing mitosis, so the daughter cells do not form. How many chromosomes will be in the resulting cell?
A) 96
B) 48
C) 24
D) 12

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If cytokinesis fails to occur, the resulting cell will have double the number of chromosomes as the parent cell due to the completion of mitosis but not cytokinesis. Therefore, the resulting cell will have 2 x 24 = 48 chromosomes.

A Cell with a Diploid Number of 24 Fails to Undergo