A scientist conducted a study of an organism and found that its body cells contained 40 chromosomes. These cells were cultured in the laboratory, and cell division was observed.
What difference, if any, would the scientist expect to observe between body cell division and
sex cell division in the organism?
a. Body cells divide by mitosis, and sex cells divide by meiosis.
b. Body cells divide by meiosis, and sex cells divide by mitosis.
c. There is no difference; body cells and sex cells both divide by mitosis.
d. There is no difference; body cells and sex cells both divide by meiosis