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A-LevelBiologyThe mitotic cell cycle9700/12 · May/June 2018 · Q181 Mark

One of the chromosomes in a nucleus has a telomere which contains many repeats of the base sequence TTAGGG. This chromosome was extracted from four different cells and the total number of bases in the telomere was determined. Which total number of bases was found in the cell that had undergone the most mitotic divisions?

A5548
B5580
C5645
D5700

✓ Correct answer

A: 5548

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The mitotic cell cycle, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 18.

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