The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes (2n) in each cell. During interphase of mitosis, if the number of chromosomes at phase is 8, what would be the number of chromosomes after S phase [2021]
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In S-phase, the amount of DNA per cell doubles. However, there is no change in the chromosome number. So, in fruit fly the number of chromosomes will remain same, i.e., 8.