Many biotic factors affect individuals in a population. an example of an organism being directly affected by a biotic factor is a. a squirrel cannot find a mate b. a flood washes away a maple tree c. a plant is in a dark room d. a chipmunk finds a rock pile to use for a home.

each of the 46 original chromosomes splits into two daughter chromosomes, so there are two sets of 46 daughter chromosomes that end up in each cell. human cells have 46 chromosomes. each chromosome consists of a pair of identical chromatids attached together by a structure called a centromere.

they fuse to form they have half as many chromosomes as a somatic cell of the same individual. b