Imagine that sex cells divided by mitosis instead of meiosis. what would then be the result of fertilization of an ovum by a sperm cell?

a. fertilization would result in the formation of two identical cells.
b. the new individual would be identical to only one of the parents.
c. fertilization would cause crossing-over and recombination of genes.
d. cells of the new individual would have double the necessary number of chromosomes.

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.