The parent plant reproduced the daughter plant asexually. If the lead cells of the parent plane have 24 chromosomes, which two statements are true of the daughter plant?

A. the daughter plant developed from a zygote.

B. The leaf cells of the daughter plant have 12 chromosomes.

C. The daughter plant is genetically similar to the parent plant.

D. The leaf cells of the daughter plant have 24 chromosomes.

E. The reproduction of the daughter plant involved meiosis.

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Jakayla Pineda

20 March, 12:32

The parent plant reproduced the daughter plant asexually. If the lead cells of the parent plane have 24 chromosomes, which two statements are true of the daughter plant?

A. the daughter plant developed from a zygote.

B. The leaf cells of the daughter plant have 12 chromosomes.

C. The daughter plant is genetically similar to the parent plant.

D. The leaf cells of the daughter plant have 24 chromosomes.

E. The reproduction of the daughter plant involved meiosis.

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Amelie Wheeler · Answer 1

C and D because asexual reproduction is mitosis and mitosis means that the offspring is genetically similar to the parents and the parent and offspring have the same amount of chromosomes