Ankit Gupta Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 how is it possible that in mitosis , after s- phase , the amount of DNA gets double but chromosome number remains the same ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Chromosome-number is the amount of DIFFERENT chromosomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 If I write a poem and then make a photocopy of it, there are now twice as many pages, but still only one poem, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit Gupta Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 would any of you please explain it in context of biology . i appreciate you for your time but tell me one thing is there any difference in amount of chromosome and number of chromosome if there is a difference then please let me know because i was thinking of it as same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Chromosomes consist of two sister chromatids that get separated to the respective cells. Then, the chromatids duplicate in the S phase again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadine Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 If I write a poem and then make a photocopy of it, there are now twice as many pages, but still only one poem, Really good analogy to explain this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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